Black Pines

We saw 40 geese fly over frozen water Like an artifact,

We saw three deer

And saw six eyes stare back,

Six lights in the black, Lights in the black pines, Lights in the black pines.

Lazy leaves in creeks were spotted, Fallen from the sky above, Autumn’s rust like sheets upon u Fallen from wheels of god’s love

I thought we were tin men then, But now i know we played at when, Stayed up late and talked to wind.

We saw three deer,

And saw six eyes stare back, Six lights in the black, Lights in the black pines.

And if we were the desert,

We’d still watch the sky for water,

Watching a hawk pretend to be a friend,

I wished we could turn back time with a light that bends, I wished we could spend our time,

With a circle and a rhyme and a candle burning light, Lights in the black pines.