I will go up and possess this land,
I will not worry,
I will not be made to feel
like we are grasshoppers,
easy to crush by forces fierce and daunting

What I may be
in my own esteem
has no bearing at all
on prospects of success

The key is that I reckon
the source and will
that moves me
even as it moves everything

The key is that I go forth,
trusting and eager,
taking the steps with confidence
that, as long as I move forward,
I will be guided.

©Wendy Mulhern
May 29, 2019