We may love stories
but stories are not our home —
We will feel trapped
if cast in roles
as archetype, as foil,
as heroine, as villain —
We are made to move
within a larger sphere.
Since I don’t want to be
a character in someone else’s story,
let me refrain from casting others
and let me dwell in no narrative,
place no significance
on the deposit of dialog,
the layered development of events.
This day’s assertion of itself
needs no story,
just my steady attention,
no arcane analysis,
just my love.
©Wendy Mulhern
October 11, 2013