Bittersweet day...

hi folks. today is bittersweet. 1st it's groundhog's day. kinda cute. you know, puxatawny phil and all that. one of my fav comedies is "Groundhogs Day w/ Bill Murray" and this yr the famed groundhog saw his shadow, therefore indicating an early spring. so on to the "darker side." my dear, sweet brother's birthday is today. Mark Macy. we were so close. but he is no longer w/ us. so say a prayer for Mark. he was awesome!!! he rocked!!! ya'll would've loved him and viceversa.
on a different note. my boyfriend just fired up a wand of sage. we both adore the scent of burning sage. and i was inspired to write this:

the smell of sage
it brings back memories of
the dry, desolate desert
of tumbleweeds, blowing past
of the dry, hot, heat of the desert
the sun blaring down
hot and sweltering
of days past,
native americans astride
their wild, running mustangs
in hot pursuit of bison
roaming, thundering hooves
b/4 they became extinct...

and this:

there were signs
that it would not last
but we did not listen
we did not heed the warnings
we thought the trees
would blossom forever
that the rivers
forever would run clear
and the air
would be free of clouds
of the type
that choke and imprison
how wrong were we?