There is a brand of helplessness
for every story. Let me not
be taken in

There is a way of winning
in every story. Let me not
be tempted

There is a way of breaking out
of every story. This is my hope —
to be unburdened from all former loops,
to be released

Beyond the story, where there is nothing
for me to win or lose or mindlessly repeat,
awaits the unity
or timelessness and opening dimensions.
Beyond the story
I am complete.

©Wendy Mulhern
August 3, 2018