yup, it’s been a while,

sure has taken

some long days

for your heart

to start sailin away

it’s been a while

since those mountains last called,

continuing tomorrows through dusks,

golden

trees,

lofty (up there)

ontop this valley

you and your new lover

climb beneath the confines,

open at last

breathing as one

with everything you got

and as the sun rains down

drying your thirsty hands,

circles can be drawn

feigning some way back home 

yes it’s been a while

since you've been there

riding inside a cottonwood’s song,

merging your dust once more with another,

and selling out your immaculate years

Buttermilk Falls, 1969

Wayne, NJ