Desert Reflections
Desert Reflections
Desert wind lifts the white blanket of sand again
Into the granulated fog like moving cover that it is
Conditions that prevail against the host of light
Blocks visibility, blots out the sun
Yellow in its infinite enormity
It normally occupies a large portion of the sky
But the blue dome of Earth which it covers
Dwarfs the size of sun at dusk
The blue goes on forever in the open end of days
Growing smaller by the hour on a heavy horizon ledge
Creates there, a heavy matter of reflection on the dunes
As sands cut through
Weathers what ever limited tree and vegetation there might be
Always on the verge of extinction as the future moves in
With precious little water to consume
Ever moving with the dunes in that direction
Thirsting for something other than a desert
Copyright © Earl Schumacker | Year Posted 2016
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