You don’t have to wait for joy
It’s not contingent
on conditions
things you need to do to earn it
strings of power others hold,
gurus, teachers, texts to learn it
being not too young or old
You don’t have to wait for joy
It doesn’t hinge
on times and tasks that need to come together
or alignment of the stars and weather
It’s here
Sure as you are
Illusion’s claims will never
of their own accord
let you off the hook
They’ll always book another thing
you have to wait for first
But you don’t have to wait for joy
Here:
It’s here
Sure as you’re alive
Close as your daily breath.
©Wendy Mulhern
October 1, 2011
(background music, Isaac Shepard, “Elation”)
Wonderful reminder. Thank you!
Foret