If I am faithful
I will not entertain
thoughts of bleakness -
I will refuse to let them
slouch their way into my view
with their little excuses
and offhand insinuations that
what they are asserting
is all I should expect,
all that I deserve
I can be faithful
even if I haven't yet seen
the way all these gifts
come together, the way
everything is provided for each
child of the light, including
their opportunity to really shine,
including their shining
lighting the path for others,
including how they make the vision
be fully seen.
©Wendy Mulhern
February 28, 2021
Less than a month till the Equinox -
bluebirds and robins and juncos
come through, flitting in flocks
among the T-posts and dried stalks,
showing their particular
flashes of feathers,
they, like us, having passed
under the low bars of winter,
spreading out now,
reaching and yearning
for the longer warmer days.
©Wendy Mulhern
February 27, 2021
Try to describe this:
seeing yourself as a waterfall
instead of a vessel,
constantly pouring forth,
rather than capturing
that which you need,
having it
by virtue of being it,
receiving it constantly
only by giving it away
Knowing yourself beloved,
not by what's given you -
by what you find yourself giving,
knowing it's yours,
and knowing it's you,
by all that is blessed
at your banks.
©Wendy Mulhern
February 26, 2021
Softly and suddenly
images of heavenly
filled me up
with gratitude, with joy
A scene from memory played back
but with an overlay of richness
overwhelming me with sweetness
of your being, of our being then, together
And it wasn't sad - it wasn't
as if those memories lived in the past -
they were not gone -
they radiated present tense,
they give me more
right in my here and now, and more -
they give me you.
©Wendy Mulhern
February 25, 2021
All the stories you have heard
are not your story,
all the endings you may have thought
foreshadowed what would come of you
are not your ending
Pick up your tale - don't let it
drag in the dust -
you aren't ordained to go the way
you have been told befalls
everyone else,
and no one else is either
Pay attention - this is not a time to drift,
it's not a time to fall,
It's time to catch your upward lift,
time to embrace your all
Take in the new unfolding steps
as courage leads you -
This is your story, and the world's -
Step forth - it needs you.
©Wendy Mulhern
February 23, 2021
There's a reason
to approach all progress
with a gentle grace
There's a logic to the structure -
though a building may rise high,
it never grows beyond the need
for its foundation
Though I gain a lofty view,
there's no outgrowing kindness,
and the love that grounds me
must always be the first thing,
and must shine through
whatever I attain.
©Wendy Mulhern
February 22, 2021
Maybe we've forgotten
or maybe we never knew
how to celebrate -
little leaps to match inner elation,
thoughts of calling someone to proclaim,
a feast, a party - but no, we can't do that,
and so we go to town and get.a sandwich
(and also some propane)
And sleep in, the next day, a little later,
and have a slightly shorter day of work,
and set ourselves up for the next sprint,
which will be fun. And therein lies the joy -
it will be fun!
©Wendy Mulhern
February 20, 2021
