There

for friends and family back home

Because the sun is always holding hands with the earth
Because the clouds burst into flames when they die
Because the rivers turn in circles
Because the land forgives the river
Because

Because the stars never accept their names
Because the grass grows in the hard land
Because the desert did not devour the cities
Because the dust always returns
Because

Because endurance
Because compassion
Because

I will love you where the river snakes around the forest and eats the earth
Where the sky turns on itself and forms blackness
Where methane tears the ocean floor apart in a fury
Where ever there is wonder
Where ever there is time enough for that

Where
There
I will love you
Because.