Slow Learner

I am learning

it’s not enough to sit

well beyond the fray,

and see, with eyes amazed

at loftier perspectives,

the inner workings of the human scene

It’s not enough

to see the heartache and the failings,

because, if I can see them,

they are mine —

mine to soothe and smooth,

mine to see whole

If I haven’t seen that yet

then I’ve seen nothing —

there is no wisdom

but the one that heals.

©Wendy Mulhern

July 16, 2019