ABOUT THE LAND
Welcome to Wild mountain
the Tabeguache Ute people
Welcome to the land
welcome Home
This land of rolling hills
is calling you
while mountains rise
from spring fog
an orchestra of wild flowers
and song birds return
unfurling
electric green aspen leaves.
Hummingbirds sing to
summer rainbows with
warm sun on pine bark
evoking smells of childhood
while afternoon clouds gather
thunder cracks
and evening falls.
Light transforms golden forests
as darkness descends
holding constellations
of stars and footprints
of those who have gone before
who knew in their bones
the potent gifts
of dormant seeds.
Elk and bighorn bed down
as falling snow blankets silence
community gathers and awaits
as embers of winter fires hiss
crackling flames and sparks of
inspiration
paint mountains pink
in sunrise.
This land is calling
and all your ancestors
are beckoning, waiting
to welcome you
home again.