Desert Mirage

Scotching heat, burning sand Curse this never ending land Though we walk, we walk in vain Thirst of life bringing us pain We search for life's great oasis But nothing in sight, no relief found Just the sight of skeletons that once bore faces And dreams buried into the sand Dreams large and small They've given up on them all Overcome by the burden they fall And become buried into the sand Those who leave their dreams Realize life is no longer what it seems so they lay beside the dreams And become buried into the sand Shuffling feet and howling wind The deserts beat in the mind Hopeful to see, but they are blind And become buried into the sand The challenges of the desert we face Challenges that none can brace And those beside me fall without a trace And become buried into the sand And now I trudge on alone With the company of bones Giving up no longer, can I condone But I cannot become buried into the sand Bones become sparse, and the end I can see Which end, both ends, for all left can see No longer do I thirst, the end so near No longer do I fear I drink the sweet water of life A dream come true I have persevered life's strife I have done what many have tried to do I feel my thirst quenched My goal is done my mission complete I lay down, my life complete and become buried into the sand