We each took hold of a small piece,
and we began to rise, together –
no one of us could bear the weight,
but all of us, it seems, could manage

Then suddenly, we are propelled –
a lift we didn’t generate
has taken hold.
What seemed so hard for us to bear
is bearing us, and we are flying 

This is an ancient truth
that always has been here,
this is the lift that we have learned
by doing.

©Wendy Mulhern
August 25, 2023