Ley Lines

Who am I
when these changes come
and yet they only gracefully intersect
my centered lines?

My lines are not broken
with my past,
my heritage,
my family,
my self-knowledge--

I grow bigger with
more knowledge,
stronger with more choices,
happier with more freedom,
satisfied with more truth--

and your truth doesn't cancel
out mine,
nor your activism
shade me.

My magnetic pull
is true north-bound
to the pole star
I'll fix my instruments by,
but I

know my journey will be varied

and many stars are out there,
and this ocean is wide enough
for your journey and mine.

So I will honor both the places we intersect--

and know the places where we don't.