And if we are swallowed
we will go down in grace,
we will go down doing
what we’ve been called to do

If we are swallowed
(by climate change,
by civil dissolution)
we may get three days,
three nights,
in the belly of a fish
to reset what we know

Maybe we’ll wake up
in a different place,
or maybe we’ll be here
with the same questions

We will pay our vows,
we will give back what we owe,
we”ll take this adventure
right down to the core.

©Wendy Mulhern
May 21, 2019