The very most important thing
cannot be marginalized,
spin doctors’ efforts to dismiss
notwithstanding. All the channels in the world
could be tuned to the intent of
squelching out the truth – through lies
and by ignoring it, and yet

Each of us, in our time, goes down
to the very deepest place,
the place we are alone,
the place where none of the clamor
can reach us – the echoes way up high
at the distant surface have no relevance,
offer no aid

And there, once our own howling dissipates,
we find what’s at the center.
The very most important thing
cannot be marginalized,
and nothing moves against it.
It is the motion, and the stillness,
and the reason for enduring hope.

©Wendy Mulhern
October 7, 2020