Cipher

What kind of day can leave me
 at the end
without a single thought?

— A day of traveling —
of packing up and leaving
— car for plane, plane for car,
car for home
A time to wait, then move —
Wait for lines
Wait for land to turn in panorama 
underneath the plane
Wait for our ride, 
wait for traffic . . .

A day in which I thought I glimpsed
the key to everything —
to my whole life
and life for all of us —
the end to all the troubles 
that have haunted us

A moment where it seemed so clear
and yet I had no words
except “of course”
— a thing I’ve seen before
and so can wait
to have come clear again.

©Wendy Mulhern
October 6, 2012


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