“where am i in the world?” is a poetic narrative composed of reflections, dreams, and materials gathered during our wedding journey to the island of Ærø, Denmark. We married in a hurry, for sometimes many years of living in a country are as airy as a few. What I’m saying is, there are two ways of looking at a European––one being more, the other being less––and in this less and more, one often marries in a hurry. When one marries in a hurry, then, it is on an island––the island of Ærø (for Ærø is for airy, as in “many years of living in a country”).

And so, after days of calling, gathering, collecting, after days of waiting, and a day of travelling, we were married on December 4th, 2024. No one we knew was there. We had the island, and we had each other. We exchanged rings, bought cake and champagne, we walked to a cliff, stood by the sea, stood with the sea, and then returned.

This return is a poem.