In those days we shined, reflected like mirrors
pebbles thrown, ripples wind blown, your heart
it was silk upon my lips, soft butterfly wings
we grew like trees, to the clouds
in downy feathered love
floating amidst the fleeting sky
of our sunset - leaving

I have traveled home
I am nearly reborn
sitting with ancestral bones
a warrior's path - alone
sifting veiled dust
of the past

Crows fly, blacken skies
thunderous drums
my heart in sync
amid this sacred
burial ground
this raining red sky
the blood of teardrops cried

Giant skyward leaning
shedding leaves, do you dream long
of summer's greening?

The gold of days have waned
the gray rains sway
fall will leave you
cold in winter's lay.

Seemingly a thousand years old
a seedling sown
born of an ancient
maple forest.

When I dream this desert turns green, blooms
clouds race where mountain lions loom
ash gray, the cool of blue rain comes
a redolent wind of desert sea
rushing waves, sand blown
sculpted saguaro forests
pale flowered yellow
drinking every drop
now this eve we drink
now before another dawn
of the mad thirsty sun

My lips are cracked leather
lizard dry, my breath melts into mirage
beetles emerge from dark caves
in flashes of iridescence, crawling
surreal sand paintings, their tiny tracks
art for cactus wren, hunting

Here, beyond yet another
sparkling diamond mound
lies a wild sea of the sailing ships, I've found

Oh, sure I could lose myself in gardens, oceans of flowers
but not today, today I have reserved for the revelations
of the soul, the deep calling of watery waves
I dive below, rocky ways and slipping sands
sifting moments of this day, searching
for unknown pieces, that break away
feeling a longing unnamed
glints of gold reflections
all these connections
that carry me home
and away

In this world
starry eyed, we bloom
petals silk your lips, sing
sweet violet songs to me
a drifting scented dream
blue sea of you and me