"Poems are invitations...doorways into this inner wilderness, a call to sit and be present to what we discover beyond the borders of our neatly controlled worlds. Wildness is vulnerable, risky, spacious, and full of possibility." ~ Christine Valters Paintner, PhD In 2019 I was asked to be a plenary speaker at the annual mental health conference at our regional Mental Health Clinic. For years I had served as a psychologist volunteering with free medical clinic clients; some we