Powered

And if the hum of every day,

well-oiled or creaky, loud or quiet,

should lull you into thinking

this is all you get

Step back, look deeper —

There is no engine here

except the bright desire of Life,

intense, unquenched,

coursing with strength

that can lift you

bounding over crowns of hills,

leaping sure-footed

among the crags,

soaring, glowing,

above the clouds

You need not settle

for a plodding pace

for you are powered

by life, by grace.

©Wendy Mulhern

June 14, 2017