The Way North

Any quiet moment can be magnetic,
the world gone off on the usual path
of enthusiastic overload,
a fossil more critical and drowsy
than the bruised truth of any jealous lover.

Walk with authority
like a patient away from illness.

Open your guarded heart,
concealed and damaged,
who benefits from soft God light
like the soldier who shoulders
constant shelling.

The way north
is slow
and worth the trip.