Consider who you are,
the strength and grace comprising you,
your power and tenacity,
your will to live

Then you can know for sure
you have no obligation
to settle any scores,
to have reactions  –
don’t need to fix things
before you have the freedom
to stretch out, confident, into your being

Your integrity is your imperative
and it doesn’t wait
for vectors to align,
for others to act first.
You’re free to be completely true
to what you are. You’re free
to learn and do it every day.

©Wendy Mulhern
April 24, 2023