Desert Rain

Beyond horizon canyons the sun cloaked in an amber haze casting colored shadows across steaming sandcrete baron since an ancient age when oceans filled its expanse Cloud evaporation cooled sweat cleansed skin burning like hot blood mixed with dirtand sand,fail to form mud Mirage shade stretch and fade invisable yearning these is trivial An ancient tale offers solace its wisdom warped like an evesdropped story infused with myth, its promise "The heavens shall rain oceans shall fill desert plains" An ancient burial grave the desert's captives tortured desperate thirsting yearn raining skies blue as ancient times growing gray as storms from miles beyond horizon canyons shadowed by skies dark as night