Desert Dreams and a Songbird

Melodies traversing upon Winds of the desert painting Misplaced beauty of Saguaro’s Dancing with dust devil’s Sagebrush songs echoing off Mountainous mirage of valley Floors endlessly stretching past Horizon bleeding red clay Strewing the endless highway Going nowhere coming back Against the curtain of heat Cooling with the light touch Of rain disappearing in the sands Ever moving never changing Clouding storms covering tracks I followed to find your voice Hidden in the desolate gardens Saturated with fervent life Unseen flitting about my eyes Singing in cactus blooms Flowering for the moment Passing with a breath Expelling a hundred degree Harmony from the hidden Little desert songbird calling Past the boundaries set Bringing me back to where I have always been