Antelope Valley Home
Antelope Valley Home
1.)
Our place on the land
becomes pattern of our lives
seasonal change
constant move from up to down
and up again like a piston.
Gather to rejoice
peaceful rejuvenation
begins with structure
untangled gnarled underbrush
creation of a path of plans.
A Sunday Tonka
to sing a drama filled song
is our breath worthy
of air filled with such beauty
close our eyes and fill our lungs.
Reflection of tide
our gravity effects us
holds down the heavy
allows the light to take flight
to soar above a still pond.
To gather at night
the two of us our new home
cold floors in morning
us wrapped in our sleeping bags
sharing a cup of coffee.
2.
The art of one’s care
of excavation of land
preparatory
to create family home
among sawdust and timber.
Plot of land a chance
to work hard to make amends
effort into good
turn the tides with our labor
create a place to call home.
How many new homes?
New friends to find a new school
family form land
a powerful sense of place
created on soil with our hands.
We can stop when tired
after we finish an acre
few more flattened feet
almost to a time of peace
lunch Ice Tea and Sandwiches.
Together season
the power of our coupling
to build from the dirt
the hope of a Spring Garden
an ability to take care.
Free of work I climb
air holds Chickadee voices
feeding on treetops
for our labor is at rest
ancient gravity finds ease.
3.
To pour foundation
build upwards from room to room
add sturdy plumbing
daring days of drywall dust
rooms to hold morning daylight.
To change rotation
the Earth may rejuvenate
from a poisoned air
strangled water resources
against irresponsible.
Shelf of a dark soil
roofs will not hold it in place
this richness decays
these fallen foundlings unmade
the cost of life is a death.
This home will remain
built sturdy with our hands
faith surrounds us
protects what we create
hidden deep in pine forest.
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Very nice phrasing, Jamie. Takes me back to days when working the land and making a new home was the way most people lived, including my parents. Well done.
Thank you Phyllis. Jamie