Mornings are chilled.
The sun is warm in a dark blue sky.
October in New Mexico holds me
Up when the ache is hard and cold.
The sun is warm in a dark blue sky
When October calls me home.
Up, when the ache is hard and cold,
I say a safe and sacred prayer.
When October calls me home
I pack my heart-full of memories,
I say a safe and sacred prayer
To you and you and you.
I pack my heart full of memories
Of October under a colder sun.
To you and you and you.
I long for every moment
Of October. Under a colder sun
We grasped at love and tears.
I long for every moment
When I could still dream.
We grasped at love and tears
Fell. And now I long for then,
When I could still dream.
October in New Mexico holds me.
- October 24, 2007