I wanted to tell you this morning
that each time I write a poem
with you in it,
each time you have shared
what was in my heart,
in my mind,
you are more present
in the landscape of my being,
in the circuit of my thoughts

When you receive my poems
you have received a gift of me
so that I hold you
in gratitude, in inner company —
I keep the thought of you
as treasure,
more for every time
that, through my poetry,
I feel I have been seen.

©Wendy Mulhern
June 22, 2015