Wandering

I woke this morning
determined to experience
the day in a different
way.  Today I will wander.
No plan.  No compass.
Completely at the call
of imagination.

I will be a determined 
deviant ignoring imposed
expectations, presumptions,
and road maps drawn by
those with calculated 
destinations.

I will taste, smell, and hear
without analysis or dissection.
I will appreciate at least
fourteen things, learn something
new, and pay attention to all 
that appears improbable.

By sunset I will have been 
grateful for something insignificant,
helpful to a stranger, and aware
of an impossible possibility.
I will be free of all lists,
schedules, and
calendars.

Perhaps I should print all
this as a guide to the
freedom offered by 
simple wandering.