Trusting Our Instincts

 

I knew so many things

when I was younger.

I just knew them.

 

But I didn't trust

what I knew.

 

My instincts hadn't

been tested yet.

I wasn't sure

of my inner voice.

 

I had yet to learn

to listen

and trust it.

 

 

One of the gifts

of experience;

of climbed mountains

and stormy seas

navigated.

Of getting wet

but not drowning;

growing weary

but not giving up.

 

The gift of just knowing.

And trusting what it is

you just know.

 

Trusting it enough

to do

and to say

and to believe

and to act

and to prepare

because

you just know.