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Hágoónee
by Steven Craig
I have always wondered where she went after I left
I have always wondered what she did with her life
I have always hoped it was better than mine was
I have always desired to know.
I have always carried her memory with me
I have always felt as she did when the sun was hidden
I have always walked in the dust where she once stood
I have always wondered as I walked alone
I have always lived my dream
I have always prayed she lived hers
I have always dreamed she heard my song
I have always thought she would
I have always wondered just as I do now
I have always wondered by the desert dried
I have always wondered why the wind touched only her hair
I have always wondered as I rode away
I have always wondered what happened to her
I have always wondered indeed though all the years of war
I have always wondered where her heart etched her stone
I have always wondered where her valley would finally be
I have always wondered where she would be today
I have always thought it everyday since I last saw her
I have always wondered, remembering her eyes piercing mine
I have always wondered, remembering her say Hágoónee.
09/17/2011
Author's Note: I have an olde picture, of a young Navajo girl, in her best deep blue dress and silver jewels. She is kneeling in the sand, head slightly turned towards me, in the shade of a cloud, the desert all around her. This picture was taken a long time back... I have always wondered what happened to this girl...
Posted on 09/18/2011
Copyright © 2025 Steven Craig
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by David Maurice on 09/18/11 at 03:35 AM I do this all the time, little things that leave you wondering of pasts never seen. Well expressed, though I don't like the double spacing. Self-quirk though. I enjoyed. |
| Posted by Meghan Helmich on 09/20/11 at 06:53 PM A really great write. This has the sincerity and sensitivity of a missing lover. |
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