Staying Put

Now that I’ve found this place

I will not go out,

I will not go back

to the world where everything

is always sliding down,

and everyone is trying

to claw their way up

I will stay here,

and though I’m told the dogs of doom

will still snap at my heels,

I will not be moved.

I will hold to the vision

until all who fight against it

are transformed, and glide gratefully

into this truth.

©Wendy Mulhern

April 1, 2018