Searching

I’m searching for a place I cannot find.
As a tip of a compass pulled Northward,
I feel it’s sensation tugging my chest
Leading to hints scattered in this life.

Sometimes I listen to the whispers in the wind,
Or read the code of the twinkling stars,
Trying to unlock their delicate mysteries.
I know they speak of the place I seek,
Telling stories of grandeur veiled in delicacy.

But as I absorb their foreign message,
I know not what is said or how to find it.
Instead, I get caught in their beautiful words,
Hypnotized into thinking little, if anything,
Except that I wish to speak like them.