I want to tell about the way I feel,
I want to tell about how quickly
the circle of peace spread through me,
how warm and safe I felt,
how the glow reached in powerfully
to light up all the places in my past
that had been sorry,
to make them right, to fill them up with joy

I didn’t know till then that my redemption
could reach in that far,
but now I see
it had to cover everything,
had to halo everyone,
for no one can remain outside
the all-embracing Truth in which we live.

©Wendy Mulhern
December 11, 2016