In this cold naked pass
The grieving of our leaving
Your trembling lips and hips
That carve their beauty in my memory
Will remain seeded there
We have lost that tenderness
And grown to stiff and strong
In these Bitterroots
The proud land of these Bitterroots
Rain wash away the stains and remains of my vanity
But the rain hits my face like glass needles and shatters down the grade
Fore she is gone and life’s too strong to interrupt my fate
Sleeping in the fog dreaming of my wake
Tendrils young fronds
They curled around our hearts
Now cages the rhythm of our liberty
You and I are choking on that medicine that once freed us of our miseries
It’s all in this soil of these bitterroots
I can feel that tribal song
That once played in these bitterroots
Thunder die away stop repeating what is past
Once we loved to live and lived to love again
We danced like children in the sun
Spoke soul secrets when the light was gone
Afraid of unknown echoes assured by our embrace
Your serpent tongue has lost its sting
We sat there numb and dumb
With scars that have no feeling
This river going somewhere
Is speaking something vague
While cleansing the sinuous snares
of these bitterroots
It’s flowed so strong through these bitterroots
Flash of light guide me to the Plains
Where my loved ones live and laughter verifies my ways
Desire is of the father
And mother warned me of the spell
Speak loud to those hills
Be a soldier of your infancy