that empty feeling, multiplied by silence

The moon sets in west just after dawn

And a two-seedling fir takes root, is born

Just like that

I was born three thousand miles from this valley

But this is where I took root and came to life

Just like that

Sacramento Valley, mice and hawks

Land of burrowing owls

Defined by the river

A land defined by the water

The power of water, moving, rushing

The power of land, rich, giving

It is just after dawn

And moon has set in the west

The sun clears the pine tops

Clear, blue sky

A two-seedling fir takes root, born

And this is where I took root and came to life

Just like that

Just like that

James Lee Jobe 

The great blazing stars came out, the far receding hills got dim. I felt like an arrow that could shoot out all the way.

Jack Kerouac 

Muddy Waters - Mississippi Delta Blues

Sacramento Valley, dusk

Another sunset

Up and out from under the causeway

The bats take flight by the thousands

Higher, above, a red-tail hawk circles the floodplain

And in the town

The sounds of knives and forks against plates

Television sets light the windows

Define loneliness

That empty feeling, multiplied by silence

Your face in the mirror.

Sacramento Valley, dusk

Another sunset

James Lee Jobe 

You flicker. I cannot touch you. I put my hands among the flames. Nothing burns.

Sylvia Plath

Coyote bones bleached white by the sun

Someone has ceased to live in the moment

James Lee Jobe 

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

Meister Eckhart

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James Lee Jobe