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They Needed Someone to Lead Them, and She Couldn’t Let Them Go Alone

(A Song for Jane) They said the count was almost done,More than twenty still out,The dusk had wrapped the canyon wide,And silence held the doubt. But Jane stood there, listening still.The whispers in the mesquite,She knew the trail, she knew each name,And she made a vow she'd keep. They needed someone to lead themAnd she …

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Nature is not a forgiving force,but she gives us time before collecting her due—though we can’t leave things unresolvedlike the way I left things with you. Some days, when storm clouds gatherand a spirited wind whispers in my ear,I stand and face what’s comingwith measured fear. Tonight, I lay my head upon my pillowin the …

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