Compass

Compass

(After Barbara Partyka's Naked Man Drawing)

I want to be Vasco De Gama on your body--
to sail your eastern hemisphere,
to trace your map with my fingers,
know only the certainty that wherever my journey ends
is where I'm supposed to be.

I want to get lost in your Arabian Sea,
yield to approaching vessels
and jump off my own ship
only to have your compass guide me
back to familiar waters.