Praying for the Enemy

Anybody can be called back.

The unbreakable cord 

that holds us to ourselves,

to who we really are,

to what we really want,

never lets go

And in this fullness of time,

it begins to make itself known.

The tug may first be felt

in quiet moments, between

the posturing, between the self justification,

between the self delusion

Once it starts asserting itself

there is actually no force

that can stand up to it.

Not willful blindness, not ugliness

of spirit, not power-drunk reflexes

of greedy grabbing

I affirm this cord in each of us.

I affirm it growing strong

and pulling all of us back

to our core love, from which vantage point

there is no more ability

to harm another.

I pray for all of us,

including the ones who need it most.

©Wendy Mulhern

February 23, 2017