Let me leave the lumps behind
(collateral of judgment)
let the things I say lift free
like flame, like grace,
like being moved by music
in a dance with no pretension

Let me abandon
all pontification, weights
that can fall haplessly
on someone else’s toes,
let my expression
welcome others to their own,
let it celebrate their light
such that we multiply  –
our signal spanning light years,
our radiance close at hand,
bringing warmth and life
to all the land.

©Wendy Mulhern
December 15, 2021