How an animal might strike when

fearing for its life

 

How you can hold disaster in

the cup of your hand

 

A bullet, a pill, a

resolution

 

How men once tried

to navigate the arctic

 

Even their boats no

better than splinters

 

The cold a match

for everything

 

How when a man searched

for lost bodies

 

He found them

by imagining how they got lost

 

Following a path yields less

than following fear or foolishness

 

Pride or indecision

each step an asterisk

 

How you can see

shapes in clouds

 

And it's not delirium

but a tether

 

Dragon and dog

fire or home

 

How you can see the shape

of a friend

 

Long after they're gone

even in the dark