song unsung

dark
eyed
junco
on
felled
branch
downed
power
lines
ice
storm
in
december

snow
bound
angels
story
telling
recalling
recounting
their histories
searching
for
something
in
each
other

inked
stars
fall
on
papered
walls
remembering
forgotten
dream
land
scapes

sounding
words
before
un
spoken
whispered
carried
held
released

trains
hum
empty
bellied
silos
sleep
smokestacks
smoke
hearts
beat
in-time
beating
be-dum
be-dum
be-dum

endless
winter
flowers
hoarfrost
icicles
frozen
beauty
astounding
alone-ness

counting
back
wards
circling
1
1
0
1
driving
no
where
in
particular
back
roads
wide
open

10
windows
white
to
grey
faded
polaroids
kept
memories
lost

children
displaced
hopscotch-ing
chalking
longing
for
home
julia
pencils
letters
un
written
un
read

heavy
sighs

deafening
silence

breathe
ingrid
breathe

january
comes
and
goes
shedding
names
returning
to
seed
time
spent
waiting
for
spring

two
swallows
diving
flitting
flighting
wings
a flutter
finding
something
in
each
other

telephone
lines
cross
crossed
soft
voices
afternoon
yawns
blue
cotton
clouds

there
to
here
1000
+
miles

kismet
day
dreamers
dreaming
of
flying

falling
falling
falling