Well, we had to do the best we knew,
we had to bring the gifts we had —
what we understood,
what we experienced
and thus believed

It took the whole of us —
there wasn’t enough light
in any sliver of our selves
for us to see by, for us to feel
the magnitude of life

We had to wrap our arms around it all,
even what was flawed,
even what had been rejected
by various external standards

When we embraced us all,
there was enough light
for us to comprehend
what we are made of. From there
we had enough abundance
to find our way home.

©Wendy Mulhern
December 24, 2018