Light is always here
for me to choose —
Let me remember this,
let me not lose
myself in finding fault,
in feeling bad,
in calculating what is better
than what I’ve had . . .

Though in the dark and convoluted paths
of circumstance and self positioning,
there seem to be so many dismal turns,
it’s worth remembering:
Just when my angst and awkwardness seem prevalent
there is a light that renders them irrelevant.

©Wendy Mulhern
February 8, 2014