(between Lipari and Panarea) (Sicilia 31)

maybe this is why I need you.
flat and open like home
you spread out,
a moment’s notice but you don’t change.
there are fields of blue here
your harvest is similar.
your need for endless tranquility and mine
are one.
I love traversing you.
I love exploring you.
I notice your essence around me always.
maybe that’s why I need you
sprawling not unlike how we’ve
started encroaching on your cousin
and now into you.
your majesty is rarely rivaled.
here, in your kingdom, I am a lowly humble peasant
ready to serve.