Revelation

Here where we’re all trying

to find the point of clarity

where understanding crests the moment

like rays of dawn

Here where we’re trying

to find that one focus

that burns through all the layers

of middling plausibility

to be the one imperative

defining us

Here we will receive

the incremental wage

that comes from steady effort.

Imperceptibly, our views will clear

until at last we notice

we’re no longer waiting

for that brilliant flash —

we’ll find ourselves here

already gently pooled in light.

©Wendy Mulhern

February 5, 2018