Woman Weed and Animal

Night
Ghost town
Distant lightning
Portends shadowy life
Tumbleweed meanders empty street
Coyote yelps
Turns into woman running
Desert hotel looms ominous
Old woman enters top floor room

Dust and sand swirl up stairwell
Across plank flooring
Shrouding woman's face before mirror askew
Reflecting lines of furrowed harvest
Plantings spent

Changes dress
Walks into watercolor painting
Ascends mountain
Woman disappears in clouds
Picture frame closes around

Eyes burn through gray shrouded peak
Seeks out ghost town below
More lightning
Shadows dance between buildings
Tumbleweed advances
Climbs to mountain top
Rests beside woman

Picture frame re-opens
Woman steps out
Tumbleweed accompanies
Woman lays atop bed's bare springs
Tumbleweed joins

Coyote howls

Door opens

Sunrise appears

Coyote climbs atop springs
Woman cradles weed and animal
Chanting a warrior's lament
Dream's reality apparent