timely reminder
DEATH
comes

we ride the horses
toward the mountains
we ride

we ride the horses

and as the long night lingers
we linger the long night

the long night reveals
the sacred lovers
-
--
-

we are leaving behind

children

children in  shacks

amid war lords with guns

war mongers

with

guns

and perhaps

a real daughter or son

a real person

somewhere

timely reminder

DEATH

is all around

we ride the horses
the horses

we
ride

toward the mountains
the mountains
mountains