I’m learning that I do best
when I come empty —
with nothing that I think of as myself,
nothing to present, nothing to protect,
nothing to be measured, nothing to improve,
nothing to vaunt or hide,
nothing to be envied or to envy

Only my naked willingness
to be formed, like a flame
in the alchemy of interaction,
to discover myself and another
in the living touch of our connection

Here I am doubly blessed —
blessed by what you are
and blessed by what I rise to be
in this holy moment
where we meet.

©Wendy Mulhern
December 17, 2015