Today I have been confident.
I have been willing
to trust entirely
in the unceasing arc of goodness

I have refused to give credence
to catspaws of fate
sending darting scenarios
across my thought

I have stayed here in the calm
where none of these things move me.
It has come clearer
that this perception
is not effaced by contradictions.
This perception
can take them all out.

©Wendy Mulhern
October 21, 2021