From Now On - Dear Reader

I followed every sound

Watched them roll around

Heard the pop, the crackle

Living in her mouth

Each vowel was a wonder

I wanted just to touch her

Fold her in my arms and

Take her home to mother

Tall men from the North came

Dark men from the North they

Drove us to the dry lands

Where nothing ever grows

So her ways became our ways

All I know she taught me

To follow the great herds

Dig life from the earth

Promise me you’ll never go

I have made your heart my home

And the love that you give is enough to keep me from now on

I miss the rolling fields, the cattle at my heels

I miss the spring in green, the maize my sisters grew

I miss the rain on the roof as I lay with you

Promise me you’ll never go

I have made your heart my home

And the love that you give is enough to keep me from now on