We made the choice
And where we could have called ourselves
Bundles of opinions
Past experiences, scars
Perspectives narrowed
through the jarring course of years
Piles of restrictions growing larger daily
Needing soft accommodation for their weight
Instead we have decided on this:
To serve whatever is alive in us
To always focus on what’s growing
Leaving, rigorously, everything that’s dead behind —
opinions, patterns, prejudice —
And learning, every day
to be more supple
Should it then come as a surprise
to see our love so shining?
So new, so eager, so alive —
with grace and bliss entwining.
©Wendy Mulhern
September 22, 2012