It has been a while........................

Haven't been here in a while, life is doing it's thing. Here is a poem I wrote a while ago, let me know if it holds up!

Wander in a desert

Bending in the wind

Got the moon above as my only friend

The sand is harsh

On burnt and cracking feet

Don’t know where I am

Ain’t nothing left to eat

A mind that’s become fragile

Torn by thoughts old and new

By the black of night

And a sky burning blue

Body that’s wilting

In pain of hungers might

Stretched to my limits

Eyes blinded almost white

A dream does come

While I shuffle through sand castles

Painted Indian red

And golden as the sun

A figure appears to me

Dressed in ancient splendor

These are the things she says

The things you must remember

A heart that’s big and a mind that’s strong

These two things

They will help you get along

I stumbled and was given

A gentle helping hand

But how can they

I moaned in a purple daze

When I don’t have the water

To help me cry out loud

And I lack the food

That will help my damaged feet

A chill wind does blow

And maddened creatures

They stalk me in the night

I swam in warming clouds

Speckled with colored life

And she was beside me

As gentle as can be

Just remember she whispered

In shades of yellow

It is not what you take

But what you can give

This will bring you happiness

This will make you live

With a cry of doves

And breath upon my face

My vision was gone

Leaving me in this place

Not of sorrow and filled with pain

A place of grandeur to be visited

Once again

My aching body that once dragged me down

Is filled with vigor

The moon shines bright

Smiling in the night

And this desert does sing

With all who have been this way

I know where I am

And who I must be

For those two gifts

Have set me

Set me free

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