(from the biking philosopher’s notebook)

You don’t own your spark
but you owe it —
owe it your attention,
your time, your thought, your care

You can’t use your spark to serve you —
you serve it —
give it everything you are,
all you can do

And in return
it will mature,
become a flame, become a light,
you will be nourished in its service,
even known by it —
it will make you what you are
and guide your every step
and as you tend it daily,
it will be your life.

©Wendy Mulhern
December 28, 2019