On many days
progress proceeds unseen —
It isn’t time so much that’s needed
as the orderly placement
of each element in sequence
in a patient pace,
a laying down of layers:

“Aha”s that lead to new perspectives,
ways of seeing bringing ways of acting,
ways of acting bringing new responses,
so precipitating new perceptions,
which in turn bring new “aha”s

Eventually a clarity emerges,
a hope is met,
the work is done.

©Wendy Mulhern
November 9, 2015