Your Spark

(from the biking philosopher’s notebook)

You don’t own your spark

but you owe it —

owe it your attention,

your time, your thought, your care

You can’t use your spark to serve you —

you serve it —

give it everything you are,

all you can do

And in return

it will mature,

become a flame, become a light,

you will be nourished in its service,

even known by it —

it will make you what you are

and guide your every step

and as you tend it daily,

it will be your life.

©Wendy Mulhern

December 28, 2019