Robert Gaston Poet Rhyme

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

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