We never walk through life alone —
the stream of us is intermingled
with the stream of others,
the eddies of our presence whirl
in curving curls, within the common current

The molecules we breathe
and every inspiration
have made their constant cycles
throughout the years,
and carry with them memories
of other journeys,
thought patterns of the minds they have traversed

And our desire to bless
seeps through our days
and through the things we touch
and finds its way
to where it meets the need that calls it forth
and so fulfills our elemental worth.

©Wendy Mulhern
May 23, 2015