As often as you need it

You were here

when the morning stars sang together,

you were here

at the foundation of the earth

When you know yourself as essence,

as what steps out in wonder

at the gifts of the day,

you can see that years

have never changed you,

and all the twists of circumstance

will always fail to knot you up 

in some unfortunate condition

Your belovedness

is clear as light

and as immutable —

you don’t need to make yourself be anything —

you are here

And I will tell you this

every day, every hour,

as often as you need it,

and if I weren’t here

the day would still tell you the same thing.

The trees, the wind, the bright waves on the water

—they will tell you, and the birds will, too.

Listen, and you will hear.

©Wendy Mulhern

February 25, 2019