Magnetic

Magnetic

The erosion

of many ages

has removed loose soil.

Debris

has washed away

from dark showers.

Soft minerals

have dissolved

under undulating rivers.

Remaining

are columns

of cooled lava.

Dense iron

bends the fields

and behavior;

focal points

on barren planes

of perception.

The calloused hand

liberates

a tarnished

brass compass

from a pocket

and holds it parallel

to the tuned

horizon,

as it pivots.

-Robert L. Jackson III

This one was actually partially inspired by a show on shark week about sharks apparent attraction to volcanoes.