Chimayo

I have seen the golden summer light
 Flicker in the trees,
 In the orchard where the long grass
 Sways in the breeze.
 In the shade across the fence
 An old man in a chair
 Dreams of the names and faces
 Who've been there.
 But lately I have seen you fading
 As the world is changing,
 As the seasons fly.
 Still my heart in secret
 Holds on to the deepest colors
 Of the earth and sky.
 In the graying of the year
 When leaves and sunlight fall,
 Make the shadows of the orchard
 Deep and tall.
 Then the winter comes and covers
 All that does not move
 Underneath the Sangre Cristo
 Stars and moon.
 But I will come and find you
 When the spring unbinds you
 Singing of an older time,
 Still my heart in secret
 Holding to the deepest colors
 Of the earth and sky.