Once again, it’s obvious
I can’t hold this up on my own,
can’t hold the line against
the booming voice of doom
But that’s alright,
for I don’t have to.
You hold me up,
and everything pertaining to me.
I can wake to see
what you have prepared,
how you so comprehensively
hold us all.
©Wendy Mulhern
August 23, 2023
I hold your hand
as you drift …
My hand starts to yearn
for its pen,
and I consider
if I could write with my right hand,
since it seems important right now
to keep my hand in yours,
to anchor you
in the love that holds you
much more profoundly
than my hand can convey.
©Wendy Mulhern
April 19, 2021
When I saw you couldn’t
carry yourself, I thought I had to,
or then I thought you’d have to learn to
But today I saw
how you are upheld,
how you are cradled,
how you are given
arms that can hold the world up,
and you and I,
faithfully held,
can never let each other down.
©Wendy Mulhern
December 15, 2020
I will go up and possess this land,
I will not worry,
I will not be made to feel
like we are grasshoppers,
easy to crush by forces fierce and daunting
What I may be
in my own esteem
has no bearing at all
on prospects of success
The key is that I reckon
the source and will
that moves me
even as it moves everything
The key is that I go forth,
trusting and eager,
taking the steps with confidence
that, as long as I move forward,
I will be guided.
©Wendy Mulhern
May 29, 2019