My Mississippi Choctaw Man: A Villanelle Poem

I see my love within the land,
Red earth splayed amidst a dusty prairie storm,
In a place where native ghosts stage an eternal stand.
 
Mountains and forests meet dunes of sand,
Imbued with colors the Creator has chosen to form.
I see my love within the land.

Empty fortresses with bastions unmanned
Stand broken and abandoned, nary a drill to perform,
In a place where native ghosts stage an eternal stand.

The moon and the stars, so close at hand,
Beckon the landscape to profoundly transform.
I see my love within the land.
 
Iridescent blue skies where eagles meet and band
Above emerald forests where deer and elk swarm,
In a place where native ghosts stage an eternal stand.

My Mississippi Oklahoma Choctaw man
Although uprooted will never conform.
I see my love within the land,
In a place where native ghosts stage an eternal stand.