Here on the land, I discover
ways I can walk that I never had known,
ways I can think, ways I can work,
direction transcending my own

Learning to trade myself in,
day after day,
for a newer, more humble model,
learning to quiet my mind,
not looking back,
faithfully tending my steps

Here on the land
there’s no need to be right,
only the need to be willing,
willing to listen, willing to move
placing my feet in the light.

©Wendy Mulhern
April 16, 2019