TO CAPTURE LIVES

To capture lives
is to caption photos
ex rays and blue prints
we leave behind vines
and fences
seeds of secret maps
we have hidden
in our own geographies,
half open pictures from
red family albums
hidden away
with old stamps, coins
for another civilization
to discover the meaning
when the unknown
transformation takes place
by the heavens and rivers
speaking of that music
which never ceases.