Upward

We find our way to climb
like birds, like vines,
counter thrust to the weight of us,
oblivious of time

This aspiration
breathes through us constantly
whether we know it or not,
whether or not we’re trying —
we will go higher
in natural response
to what looks up within
and always rises.

©Wendy Mulhern
December 30, 2018

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