Uncertain 
wary and anxious 
alone in my car 
heading to yet another change 
that had me feeling 
stalled – 
when something inside 
urged me to 
“TURN HERE NOW” 
instead of where the directions led 
and I did turn 
without even thinking 
and I was welcomed by a country corner 
of fenced-in, over-grown grass 
and 
so 
many
brown 
cows 
not really running – 
because they were cows – 
but moving with purpose 
toward something good
I could see it in their eyes.
My brain melted into a smile 
and everything about those cows 
their joy for whatever they were traveling to 
washed my soul clean of my wariness 
and I can’t stop smiling.

Oh – and that particular road – 
it led me to 
exactly where I was meant to be.