What’s True

What’s True by Danna Faulds

What’s true here is delight.

What’s true is the flight

of a soul testing her wings

and finding them air-worthy.

What’s true are all the many

challenges of life, from pain

and resistance to anxiety

and self-judgement,

all arrayed like laundry

on the line so I can decide

which ones to fold and which

get relegated to the rag pile.

What’s true here is a

glorious day blown in

on storm winds. What’s true

is the choice to be awake,

alive, and joyous in the

face of whatever this

day brings. What’s true

is giving thanks and taking

none of this for granted.