ANASAZI DREAMING

"Shaman" - Photo by S. Auberle

Alone

in these canyons tonight

she hears horned owls

talking to the moon.

She is mourning

old losses--

loved ones and friends

but only the Ancient Ones hear.

She dreams of them

spirit-bodied

in cold silver coins of light.

She wants to touch

those gentle faces

warm herself

at the ghost flames

of their pinyon-scented fires

for what is there

in this world

this rough and precious world

that is as cold as the past?

- Sharon Auberle - 1996