I need to know you feel OK with me, he says,
I need to know you’re happy with your choice.
Yes, yes, because we’ve come to here, I say,
Where every moment gets new eyes, new voice.

We can pull up memories
but there’s no need
to re-inhabit the old regrets,
No need to replay
the stings of old injustices,
misunderstandings,
ways we were inept

Even through all those awkward years
There shines a beauty,
there shines a joy —
There were great rays of grace,
great leaps of skill,
great bursts of pleasure
that we carry still

So we can walk easily
down the last hill toward home
in the quiet present
of the falling dusk
We can be happy
in who we are,
We can be solid
in our deep trust.

©Wendy Mulhern
April 20, 2014