I am so willing
to learn the way of all goodness!
Let me be vigilant
about the small inner voices
that snarl and sulk
and try to hang onto
constructs that I never wanted anyway

They say they are defending me
but what they are defending
is not me — it’s only all the stories
of my limitations

Where what I am
is the stream of dear belonging
to all goodness, the reflection
of the eternal shining love
I’m ever drawn to

And what I am
doesn’t need defending,
it just needs shining,
just needs my full attention every day.

©Wendy Mulhern
March 24, 2017