A New Life

Though I see light all around me,

it’s still my time (it seems)

to walk in silence

There may never be a time where I say

look, this is the way to do it —

by the time I get there

everybody else will be there, too.

That would be fine with me —

I’d love to never tell anybody anything again

Maybe instead we’ll just

build a new life for ourselves,

here on the land —

a life that offers shelter and encouragement

for those who need this place, this light, this time,

for those who, for their needing, we will need.

©Wendy Mulhern

June 20, 2018