Seekers Far Away - Jack Crimmins

[Larry Robinson]

Seekers Far Away

you just got home 
rain's coming or
snow's on the way
or you wake 
before sunrise
you haven't seen 
some friends since
sheltering in place 
and soon Christmas
soon the end of
this heavy year
stars are aligned 
the astrologer says
yet it is the fact
the particular nature 
of how we relate 
that is let's say
written now
in the stars and 
foretold by the cards
so when you went 
to the desert again 
the moon rose
drifting above low hills 
alluvial fans and
the ghosts of old
miners, prospectors 
seekers far away
return to dark
canyons of the mind
saying it's time
without bells or 
even whistles
just a soft hum
at the entrance near
stones and boulders
your canyon
beyond which 
knowledge as 
power waits
and you say
nothing but 
you strengthen 
your ties to
the sacred
the elegant
when you speak
finally of
this earth
the planets and
star, stars, stars,
then you acknowledge 
you are ready now

	- Jack Crimmins