Leelanau

She rode horses, rode two horses down from Leelanau
Sunday morning, tired and torn, one horse was all we saw
Call mother! Call mother! Tell her to run!
Bring water, for quickly shall set the sun

A footprint, two footprints in the white snow
A rose vine been twisted into a halo
And deeper and deeper into the trees
They found eagle feathers bound up in threes

Cold water, cold water, oh Leelanau
My brother, oh my brother spoke of what he saw
A low light, yellow-white, off to the north
A shadow, an echo of hooves of horse

Lately now I dream of snow
Falling fast, white as bones
Darkness knows its way around
All I've hidden, it is found

Touch your palm to my forehead
Keep me hungry, keep me fed
Darkness knows itself by name
Though I didn't call, it came