1974

 I found a flower pot army the year my baby brother was born, that was 1974

 I was looking for water underground

 I am woman born to work but the day you showed I quit and took a picture of

you with your shovel, your pick and your axe

 Might as well tear another portal open, we’ve used up all this one’s force,

light once escaped will never again darken your door as long as you move on

 You threw up your tent and raised your flag and all I saw was red and then

you finally acknowledged me, I was under the trees in the orchard by the brook,

you took my hand and said come with me, there’s something you should see I know

it will speak to your soul

 Go on tear another portal open, we’ve used up all this one’s force, light

once escaped will never cast a shadow on your door, you feel asleep on our

front porch but I told you to move on

 Ground held our feet, stood and said “I do”, piles of rubble around, at night

we lay you whisper, you’re quiet we’ll never be found, by the ghosts of your

ancestors all around are begging you to stay, the promise on your lips, the

hand over my eyes and there was nothing I could say

 Go on tear this poor heart open, we’ve used up all of it’s force, light once

escaped will never again darken your door, you fell asleep on our front porch,

altering your course, forever and ever