We speak with utmost confidence
of something we can all feel,
and though it could be argued
that we can’t see it — here it is

For we can all see the light of love,
how it makes us able
to wrap each other snuggly
in the warmth of eyes,
communicate our approbation
in one look, strengthen each other
like that, even before we say anything

That’s where our words come from, then —
not the voice of theory or belief,
a voicing, rather, of what is.

©Wendy Mulhern
March 19, 2018