Sense of Self

For awhile, it’s important

to get our stories straight,

to open out the crushed frames

to let the wind and light

flow through our sense of self

Later, as the light grows stronger,

the particular grids of our stories

become less relevant,

overwhelmed, as they are,

by what streams through the spaces

as we shift our sense of self

away from the lines

into the brightness of being.

©Wendy Mulhern

September 13, 2017