surely Earth’s outer core, liquid layer
of iron and nickel, explodes Eddy
currents to mangle magnetic fields. Your
smile surely ignites cosmos, Pleiades
rapid-evolving 20 million years,
plasma’s current abandoning arc mode.
Surely your smile clouds eagle eyes with tears,
forcing endless gliding, dear instinct’s code
for hunting lost in fog’s blur. Yet my fears
of pain, or losing memory, or death
vanish when you smile, as all nightmares clear
away on waking, just as sacred breath
recalls its rhythm. It’s all no surprise
to you. Surely you sense this in my eyes.
Roger Armbrust
November 17, 2014
