Canyon Blues

Canyon Blues

My story is
how far your heart
will run away
from fear of love

my hands covering
a blank mask of fright
and I stand on the rim 
watching a lone eagle
following the wind 
looking for the remains
of my past

	let's walk the tightrope
	across a canyon of fear
	fate's just a river
	carving your life

your story is
that of the eagle
following the wind
down to river
disappearing from sight
as you disappeared 
from my life
like a shadow at dusk
on the distant buttes
in the echo of a coyote's cry

This story is
an echo of my past
sitting like a frozen
clock hanging on the wall
fate and fear keeping 
me together like
frozen gears and cogs
and the dust on the wings of an eagle
watching me from above
blesses me like a Kachina
and giving me hope

	walk the invisible bridge
	across a canyon of fear
	Pain's just a river
	carving your life

my story is 
locked away from you
a secret between
me and the earth 
and the eagle above 
I stand looking out
at the mural of the canyon
a picture perfect view
but only on the outside
Me.  A picture perfect view
but only on the outside
Deep down we hurt
and we wait for the river
to wash the pain away.

        let's walk the tightrope
        across a canyon into the night
	and the future dries the river
	carving your life

Our story is over
yet it remains
like a snakebite
to the heart
and finally we
take the dive together
neither willing to let go
and we see the river below
us like a mirror
waiting to be broken