It was, for each of them,
their own moment

but as they turned
they could hear the corroborating roar

as many others
caught up in the singularity
of their own experience

simultaneously turned,
surrendered to the force

of what actually
had been their essence all along

Less a surrender, maybe,
than a standing up,

though both those actions
were clearly present
in their acclamation
of their source and destiny.

©Wendy Mulhern
December 27, 2017

photo by K Norton Photography