I stopped asking the wind

“What should I do with my life?”

stopped looking to stars for the answers.

I started instead to get real quiet inside

and listen for whispered encounters.

I began to hear ‘yes, go that way’

and later on, ‘stop, go no farther.’

I realized there’s a compass in me

that knows which direction to bother.

So now if someone tries to stop me

to tell me where I should go

all I need to do is get real quiet inside

and trust my gut’s ‘yes’ or ‘no.’