I will keep
what’s been committed
to my trust —
each precious soul-glimpse,
each secret shared
(or spilled, in the earnest, bumbling
sloshing of a heart,)
each gift that’s given me
of hard-won ease,
each doubt-enfolded impulse
that fights its way through all those layers
and emerges
in some quick moment I may chance to see —
These are priceless —
I will give them all the honor they deserve.
I will keep them,
I will not forget.
©Wendy Mulhern
November 21, 2013