Manchester Peak of The Dead Mountains
Southern End of The Dead Mountains
Every night I watch in silence
as the sun turns
The Dead Mountains black
as the sun turns
The Dead Mountains black
I think about the living
and I remember the dead
Sometimes I dream
of the Corona De Cristo trees
heavenly hued with purple flowers
in the heat of June
Sometimes I dream of elder desert tortoises
hole up near fragrant creosote brush
and I remember the dead
Sometimes I dream
of the Corona De Cristo trees
heavenly hued with purple flowers
in the heat of June
Sometimes I dream of elder desert tortoises
hole up near fragrant creosote brush
on the Colorado River
The Hualapai Mountain Range Kingman Arizona
Vista of Hualapai Mountain Range Kingman Arizona
Oatman Arizona Route 66
Sometimes I dream about
birds of prey who rule
endless blue skies
birds of prey who rule
endless blue skies
as far as the eye can see
Oatman Arizona Route 66
A place to spread ashes of loved ones
A place to spread ashes of loved ones
Sometimes I dream
the dead are still living
and roaming this vast
seemingly barren desert with me
Maternal Uncle and Father 1968
me and baby brother in 2007
Lowlands of River Valley
Subsection of Sonoran Desert
Lowlands of River Valley
Subsection of Sonoran Desert
Your birthday is near Father
you've been dead longer than you were alive
time flew from your hands
you could never gather enough of it
to keep life in your favor
I'll be thinking about you
after the sun sets
behind the Dead Mountains
and the stars begin to hover
high over head
I'll be thinking of the times
we crossed this desert
to the West Coast
or towards
the Indian Territory
the Indian Territory
of Oklahoma
coming
*
going
going
It never mattered
as long as I
were with you
I miss you
I suspect
I always will