We, too, are woven
into the tapestry of sky,
of trees, of clouds and oceans
Our being can’t fall off
or fall away, or fail
to fill its place of purpose and fruition
So I serenely settle,
supremely integrated
into the warp and weft, my glory
planned from the very outset –
what I am, and all my destiny,
securely worked
and safe within the whole.
©Wendy Mulhern
November 30, 2023
I stand beside, with,
along, along – the verticality
extends above, beneath,
with no end I can see,
an estimation of infinity
I touch the current,
above, behind my shoulder,
reach as for a subway strap,
step back into it, and race
up and down and up
within the current
And now define myself as this,
see that the story
of small unlikely glints of glory,
peaking through a mostly mindless structure,
was never what defined me
No. This is where I understand
everything about myself –
size and shape and purpose,
sphere of harmony,
ribbon of peace.
©Wendy Mulhern
November 11, 2023
Beyond the simple counting –
what is desired, what is required –
beyond the march of days,
a quiet call that can’t be masked by anything
wells up within
This is more than the touted reward
for getting all the slots aligned,
this is not something
that comes to you by chance –
what looks like scattered glimmers
is in fact the indication
of a brilliance overwhelming all the tokens
Release manipulations
and line yourself up with this –
the power to power your unspoken hope –
beyond the march of days,
this timeless truth
speaks the infinitude
of what you are.
©Wendy Mulhern
October 19, 2023
Let me rejoice with you
in this simple act: laying down the stories
that held us apart – ancient slights,
perceived or imagined,
things we envied or resented,
things we couldn’t talk about,
and how that silence blocked
what had been doors
These things, so deeply buried
in the wash of time,
cannot find resolution
through exhumation
But they all can dissolve
in the frank glory
of what we’ve always been –
beings whose love can’t be closed down
since living love is how we are defined,
beings who must bring forth good
in everything we touch –
old stories gone, we touch each other still.
©Wendy Mulhern
September 23, 2023
Here is the great unweighting –
all the relative values, all the tallies,
every burden of things done and left undone,
all the verdicts and the sentences,
from outside and from within,
now gone
We are not weighed down,
we were never so defined –
we fly up like light
(which is exactly true,
since light is instant, and what flew
was maybe our perception
(though we then find
that our awareness was always there))
We are not defined
by anything that can fall –
we are unweighted
and our consciousness
is filled with light.
©Wendy Mulhern
September 21, 2023
I view the day with my quiet mind.
I let these people fall into my heart
like brightly colored puzzle pieces,
(which, of course, are only tokens –
they don’t need to fit together
in this dimension)
They are released and illumined
in the creator’s love,
and no scatteredness
can doom or damn them,
their wholeness given in that love
When I see them thus,
I am able to help see things right,
and this helps me feel truly alive,
my happiness childlike.
I’m agile in choosing the moment’s course,
swift in fulfilling the need.
©Wendy Mulhern
September 17, 2023
I think of you companioned,
small circles of joy
rushing around you
renewing their reminder
of why they are here
You are companioned –
the comfort and strength it affords you
is a continuing wonder –
you stretch out the stride
of your imagination,
you relish the peace,
notice, in awe, all anxiety gone
from your possibilities
I see you as companioned.
If asked why it should matter so,
I can only refer to how it feels –
the whole stream of your being
now in benevolent waters.
©Wendy Mulhern
September 13, 2023
What I start to know I am
rises in me, through me,
lifts above how I have known myself,
settles me into its form
This is not a thing to work towards,
but a timeless truth
in which I am untethered
from the former stories
And align now to the wisdom
that has always known me,
and never left me out of my connection,
never blocked me
from my own design.
©Wendy Mulhern
September 10, 2023
This seed I am to sow
I need to plant where your soil is deep,
in your honest and good heart
which anchors your intentions
and will defend against
any false impressions
or dispiritedness
Your honest and good heart
will keep the seed,
will feel it, tend it, feed it
with its fertile warmth,
and hold the tender net – water and air –
that lets your life grow strong
and bear much fruit.
©Wendy Mulhern
August 22, 2023
In this meeting,
the fountain which comprises me
thrills up. I find my shape
entirely within this flowing –
constant surge and free cascade
All of me voices my satisfaction
at being this outpouring gift,
letting the infinite be
what fills me continually.
All of my being rejoices
to be evidence
of its presence.
©Wendy Mulhern
August 16, 2023