ran a red light
shining heads
sun ignited chrome
dazzling cholos
inky neck sprawl
tribal mores
here alone
among prickly things
the lonely road
sunset exits taos
i am replete
no expectation of who
i mean to be
i curl up in the ancient hollow
listening to the distant drum
smoke to stars
from long extinguished fires
the ladders fall
hundreds of feet away
my life tears
in this breath
of who i thought i'd be
this was someone's life
their entire journey
above the red stone
the pits below
erosion honey comb
halcyon friction
the desert alone
she lived here
she did this
she came here
alone
