House

All of this is so beautiful,
and so temporary
that any sense of walls and roof
protecting or defining me
seems absurd

Other definitions and protections
fail as well, leaving me held
in what must actually support me,
learning from its presence,
what it is, and what I am.

©Wendy Mulhern
July 24, 2022

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