A River of No Return

The moment stilled, just you and I

Your watchful gaze in sweet repose

Caught unaware beneath a mackerel sky

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The current gathers, drifts on by

That fragrant place where sagebrush grows

The moment stilled, just you and I

*

If you would turn and catch my eye

And speak of love that ebbs and flows

Caught unaware beneath a mackerel sky

*

I’d see again, the dragonfly

Cut-throats, blue-winged Olives, Rainbows

The moment stilled, just you and I

*

But before the Fall, the seeds bone dry

Borne on a fiery wind that blows

Caught unaware beneath a mackerel sky

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The flames consume your startled cry

The yellow cottonwood explodes

The moment stilled, just you and I

caught unaware beneath a mackerel sky