Preparation of the Heart

I may bring tears to this process —

it doesn’t mean I don’t want to be here,

doesn’t mean I don’t want to be cleansed

I may bring tears —

it doesn’t mean I’m sad —

they are, I guess, a way that I surrender,

a way that I acknowledge

I can’t do this alone,

nor even know the “this” I should be doing

Prepare my soil —

banish the traffickers of worldly ways,

break up the rocks, dissolve the thorns,

prepare my soul,

and I’ll be here to water your sweet seed.

©Wendy Mulhern

August 10, 2019