Cactus Song

You look like a pantheon of aliens In the dusky evening sun At Sabino Canyon in Tucson In holy communion With the looming heavens A battalion of saguaro cacti Standing esoteric guard At foothills and uphill Eerie silhouettes With hands raised In ethereal silence Marveling man's imagination How much I wish I could ever remain At these slopes after the sun has gone To witness your silent song To the northern constellations! The melody that you absorb From Mother Earth and store In the sweet water you bear In nectarine gallons In your towering trunks The song the humming bird Finch, flicker or pecker Taught you in silent nights Holed up in your throbbing hearts! Saguaros, my mystic friends Pour out your song unabated In silence to the Milky Way May the earth the heavens embrace An undying Presence we mortals sense