(to my mom)

You have prepared
this place of openness
so that the scent of blossoms
and the beauty
in the shapes of trees
can go right in
(not asking for permission)
just flooding you —

You light up with them
and with the quiet calls of birds
and with simple presence —
We are here
and that is good —
that is enough.

©Wendy Mulhern
May 10, 2014