Welcome

Come, come you’re invited

There’s space for you all

From sadness to joy

None exempt from my call

You are all so welcome

Those near and not met

Hate, love, ecstasy

Anger, doubt and regret

Arrive how you so want

Alone, side by side

Grief, despair and hope

Trust, jealousy and pride

                  

Travellers in this full life

You are connected

Everyone belongs

No one is rejected

The welcome mat is out

You will be met here

Each presence greeted

And gifts given to share

Come, come please don’t hold back

You each have a role

In making me, me

And helping me feel whole.

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Inspired by Rumi’s Guest House and Jon Kabat-Zinn‘The Welcome Mat’

Poem: © Penelope Mavor 2014