For Finding Your Way

By J.E. Misz

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Not all paths lead somewhere
Like arteries, some just pull you from the heart

You don’t have to know where you are going,
But it helps to know where you are

When a pilot becomes lost in flight,
Their first step is to confess 
To admit that they are lost

It won’t illumine the way
But they won’t have to pretend anymore 

Look for landmarks
Add another rock to the cairn

Or build your own
until you find the next one

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J.E. Misz is a clinical social worker and poet based in Goshen, Indiana. He was a member of Duke University’s College Union Poetry Slam Invitational team in 2015, and he continues to regularly perform his poetry in churches, conferences and open mics on subjects of faith and mental health. In 2018, he self-published a chapbook of his poetry entitled And We Walk.