Unmovable Nobility

So much more moves

than these cars with their drivers,

these people sitting and talking,

these talking and walking

Each one moves a world —

all that orbits their center,

pulling huge swaths of perception

in their parallax.

Each brings the weight

of unmovable nobility

that stays with them

wherever they go

Each is holy, and underneath

whatever occupies the surface,

whatever ripples ruffle up their minds,

each embodies the depths of oceans

and must be seen that way 

to be defined.

©Wendy Mulhern

August 17, 2018