And as for you,
you right there where you are,
in that body
just as it is right now,
you are beloved

Not provisionally,
not in spite of anything,
but in the wholeness,
in the presence
of everything that’s you

Just as you stand,
just as the air nestles around you,
just as the light caresses
all your colors, all your form —
that’s how you are cherished —
not above or under any others
but deeply prized,
essential to the whole.

©Wendy Mulhern
February 12, 2019