Carina
You will never be at anchor.
There are more graves than waves at sea.
We sail through our dead with every step
And honor the skill of dead-reckoning — figure out
where you are from where you’ve been —
Always a looking-back. Just ahead
Of the breastbone, like cartilage that catches
Flight, is the curve that carves our path.
Wow…I just used dead reckoning in a poem too. I like your definition “figure out where you are from where you’ve been”. Good one. (K)