“I want to be a compass of you,
your every location
a common place
to my pilgrim’s touch.
Erupt and replenish me:
your volcano self, fertile ash
that I till into gardens;
the amazon banks of your rivers
from which I pan gold.
This is an understanding,
the north and the south of you:
Beneath the polestar
where I wait, the movement
of auroras to guide me
home.
Written for Denise and Dave for their wedding, October 2, 2011. ”