Another song for James Koller. Love, Bertie

Searching For Blue Sky
 

my father died an old

man coyote crow

face to the open

window sky road

we gathered around

the world together him

a lifetime of

children lovers friends

searching

for blue sky

oh joplin missouri

wind & clouds & rain

a poet died in your arms

but to you it's all the same

we're all just passing through

nomads drifters tramps

on our way to somewhere else

black coffee & maps

searching

for blue sky

set me loose on the

highways back-roads trails

let my heart

open love wail

for the days yet to

come be pass

from now until my

final closing last

searching

for blue sky

my father died an old

man coyote crow

face to the open

window sky road

beneath a mid-day sun

whiskey feathers bells

together we bade him

fare-thee-well

searching

for blue sky

23 Jan 15