Inquiry To Go

What are you working on?
What moves you, each step you take?
One step closer to knowing.

Pull that thread loose.
Yes, that one right there,
which tickles your resistance.

Write it down,
something you don't know.
Something you want to know.

Please write it down.
Then, like a scientist,
ask questions of the space around you.

Ask bus stop ads,
ask books on shelves,
ask the images hiding in the imperfections of your wood floor.

You are surrounded by friends with answers.

Then notice the obvious,

this, your most potent answer.
Obvious means you know it when it seizes your attention.
If you miss its slap across your face,
consider that you've purposefully ignored it.

So, this answer doesn't satiate your desire, you say.
Why, this answer only brings up another question, now does it?
Well, unravel that one, too.

Follow your most burning of questions, love.

And PLEASE, write it down.
On a small folded piece of paper,
that fits in your pocket.

Take it to go.
Revisit it many times today, my friend.
And PAY ATTENTION,
to keep this, your most imperative work, alive.