The day grows late,
the shadows longer,
much I attended to
has passed away,
old goals abandoned,
and former hunger
is just an echo,
a line erased

Yet new fires burn,
new lights are kindled –
I look out from my eyes
and feel brand new,
for as I turn
from earth to Spirit,
a veil is lifted
from my view

There’s still a long road
stretched out before me,
unending need
for me to pray –
the thought that I may
do good to someone
sustains my hope
and points my way.

©Wendy Mulhern
July 12, 2020