Homefire

Just let the rock and sway of the heart
in your ribcage take you where it will.
Trust me, it will not lead you astray if
you're still enough to let its needle find
its north, to settle like clean snow. Now,
practice the courage to listen with eyes
closed, spine supple, nerves tender. Sit,
just long enough for one chip of light
to take up residence in just one cell, to
kindle the homefire and call you inside.