Colorado

One hundred years ago
some never remember
others never forget
to give what we walk on
they fight over color of skin
war has decided we are all red within

One thousand years ago
warrior versus warrior
civilized versus nomad
not so much a fall
power switches hands
and the corn gods live on

In the court of the lettuce lords
hidden in the fields some forgot
those whose hands still remember
whose hearts still understand
sing under starlit skies
in the moon’s borrowed light