To Karen

It's your voice I want to hear
when I'm seasick in Missouri
ceremonial bowl, and cloth, and you singing,
Raincoats, Finlandia
Raincoats and lakes - 
God is love, and love will never fail me -
cross-legged on my bed
at 2am.









Italicized words from "North American Field Song" and "God Is Love" by The Innocence Mission