Desert
I cannot enter this desert
for it is not yet my home
the pretenders and present preserve
yet the situation overwhelms
No one told be about the scorpions
the desert flies they told me
I don't really know how to function
when I slowly silently scream
Attention Please
I want from others and better
bitter this is not how it be
the thousand tiny bits of spider
is but the yarn we finely weave
I crawl slowly against the sand
holding tight to keep from falling
holding myself until I can stand
proud and with nothing withholding
Spider webs cross the cliff
on which I am standing
I stop and stare and sniff
wondering if I'm going to live
Stretching silently down the spirals
sand between my feet battling rattles
and a hundred dangerous animals
I only see boats without paddles
Copyright © Lyra Pendragon | Year Posted 2020
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