Compass Rose

Celebrating Daily Magic Prompt Six: Compass Rose

 

Midway In Our Journey by Mark Nepo

 

Just when we’re softened by the years,

when we have enough experience to see

for ourselves, our maps are torn from us.

This can be frightening, but there’s

divine timing in the dissolution of a

stubborn mind, the way an inlet waits

on the last rock to crumble so it can

find its destiny in the sea. Losing the

way set out by others is necessary so we

can discover for ourselves what it means

to be alive. Now we can burn the clothes

others have laid out for us, not in anger

but to light our way. Now we can let the

soul spill its honey on the unleavened life

we’ve been carrying. Now we can rise.

 

My heart is my compass rose - as long as I tune in and listen, then follow wherever it leads, I can experience peace, joy, love and magic and *discover for myself what it means to be alive*.

 

Done