Navigators
As they left the enormous beast, the monks made their way to the fabled island, also known as the “Land of Delight” or “Paradise.”
-Navigatio Sancti Brendani
Below the Charles Bridge, Prague,
I felt the folds of your ponytail,
Its flow and weight, and lifting
It over your shoulder and under your hood
Caught it again in the shine from the river,
Solid but giving, like the mound the navigators
Burned on overnight when crossing to their new world.