Swallowed

And if we are swallowed

we will go down in grace,

we will go down doing

what we’ve been called to do

If we are swallowed

(by climate change, 

by civil dissolution)

we may get three days,

three nights,

in the belly of a fish

to reset what we know

Maybe we’ll wake up

in a different place,

or maybe we’ll be here

with the same questions

We will pay our vows,

we will give back what we owe,

we”ll take this adventure

right down to the core.

©Wendy Mulhern

May 21, 2019