I release you
from parental fears,
from all those ties, so warm,
so fierce, so intertwined,
so precious,
initiating me to love
in such intense dimensions

I release me
from parental fears
that wound themselves
so tightly with my love,
I couldn’t tell the difference.
They were never really mine
and never did define my love.

Where fear would bring us down,
our love is lifting —
Your love for me is free and pure,
and so is mine for you —
In this place we’ll always meet each other,
In this place our love can soar.

©Wendy Mulhern
October 18, 2015