Take away a layer,
a layer, a layer

Move through a veil,
a veil, a veil

And what you find is more,
not less. In leaving husks behind,
you find the juice, the pulse,
the flavor,
the quickening, the rush,
the reason

It’s not a sacrifice
to give up what hides,
what dulls –
to take up life
in the full flow of desire,
to drink the pure purpose

No need to wait
for false views to erode,
when you can just go in
and find the truth.

©Wendy Mulhern
November 8, 2023