Hold me and swing
Let us engage
the elemental forces,
Let us harness
the power of gravity
to catapult ourselves
(slingshot around a planet
and on till morning)

Lean in to me
Let us notice
the power of support
to make us feel strong and included,
to make us feel valued and needed

It’s no great virtue
to walk alone —
It doesn’t tap the half of us,
our grand capacity
to wield the magic of connection,
to launch each other upwards into flight.

©Wendy Mulhern
October 22, 2014