Each of us in turn
opened out a little star point,
our circle’s roundness
expanding to encompass
all those bright bursts,
where our breath flowed together,
pulled along the raw emotion
and exposed softness,
drawing out the heart hum,
sucked into the poignancy
of each truth

And the arms of our shared intention
held us all,
flexing their strength
in the enormity
of what they now contained,
in breathless awe
of what we could support.

©Wendy Mulhern
December 30, 2013