Thursday, July 9, 2015

Desert Verse





















Like shifting grains of sand upon a wind-blown dune
Sprightly golden deer fleet in these yellow lands
Peacocks of vibrant hues startle into view
As I ramble through this boundless expanse

Dunes I traverse as I clamber onward
Soon drift away, melting into the arid air
Only to storm together into a newer herd
Evermoving scapes, now filled, now bare

Humped beasts plodding docile, slow
Flick the sands off their luscious lashes.
As dirt jeeps lurch clamorously through,
Cleaving paths in this sandy wilderness

In this unending sea of remorseless heat
I cast my mind upon warriors of old
Whom this desert could scarce impede
From forging a majestic, stately world

Their invincible fortresses - to your drifting dunes
Their scorching valour- to your ferocious heat
Their palaces of splendor - to your flitting illusions

Ah dogged desert, your match you thus meet!



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