Abundance of Years

This time in our lives

joy collects in deep reservoirs

in the slow spaces where time

has made room,

in the lack of will to worry

and the willingness to accept

The widened shapes of our feet

echo a broader knowledge

of what can happen

and how much of that

doesn’t matter at all

Appreciation is a ripe fruit

we can pick without judgment

in the ease of laughter

(less work than fretting)

and the lubrication of many past tears,

in the clarity of coming full

in the abundance of years.

©Wendy Mulhern

August 18, 2019