Today I consider
putting my whole weight down,
settling into life, letting it
bear me up

Funny, until now
I didn’t notice that all this time
I’ve been holding back,
keeping the tense pose,
assuming I needed
to hold up my own weight

(As if I could, as if
I wasn’t fully riding on this adventure,
as if I could withhold
any dependence on Life’s uplift)

Today I consider
nestling into Life’s shoulders,
feeling its wing thrusts
surging us on.

©Wendy Mulhern
December 10, 2019