You Are Here

Today, I played connect the dots

with my age spots

Joking about finding

mystical direction,

the answer to

"where do I go from here?"

I laughed
but I did 
almost hope 

that some sign
would take shape,

a symbol, a word, an abbreviation, at least.

But all that showed up

was a map

of where I've been

and it stopped right at today,

"You Are Here"

marked the last spot

So here I am

an older woman

who has just

drawn on her hand.

But I knew
enough
not to use

a Sharpie.

If I've learned

anything in

these
fifty-five years

it's that

not one thing

is permanent