Wellington demands love

To Wellington

returning to Wellington
home, or
after some time

her hair is different and
she has a tattoo curling
up one of her arms

it takes a few days
to remember how
to love her,

the blue hills,
the velvet sea and 
the wind, playful and
ferocious

Wellington demands love
with its wind
like a border collie
leaping, enthusiastic
boundless until finally
you laugh with the wind.

Georgi Hampton