Turning Toward Light

I did not plan this turning.

I only kept walking

when my knees were tired

and my prayers had no words.

Somewhere between letting go and learning to rest,

God rearranged the road

without asking my permission.

What I thought was ending

was only loosening its grip.

What I feared was loss

was space being made for grace.

I look ahead now

not because I know the way,

but because the light keeps finding me even when I don’t understand how.