Oasis

In the sordid sky above my wasteland life,
clumps of gloomy cloud hovered glossless.
In their lengthening shadow, 
a desert grew in my desiccated being.
In the dune of my devout desire, 
God made an oasis for me.

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April 26, 2023
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