Citadel

I’m not waiting

for something to happen

(nothing ever comes about that way)

I’m coming back instead

to guard my citadel

(which, before this, I didn’t even know I had)

A citadel that I can furnish

with warm lights

and soft corners to inhabit,

with knowledge of the truth imparting sacred peace

And when it’s set, and when it’s centered,

when it’s clear,

I can invite others in,

I can bring them in to share

this all transforming calm.

©Wendy Mulhern

January 23, 2020