Paradigm of Saharan Paradise

From the midday sky of smoldering fire blazing splinters of sun shower as ember on the barren sea of sand desiccated. The last drops of brine-charged water disappear behind the drape of arid air shimmering on the furtive face of moving mirage chased by the lone wanderer’s thirst unquenched. It fades behind the burnt shadow of crescent dunes, their fragile crests hit by the stream of hissing wind, sheets of quartz slide on the ripples of flowing sand as the desert storm blows from the blurred horizon with fragmented amber beams of the setting sun, paving pathway of hope to the cool cuddle of oasis for the stranded dune rider to blindly follow for he lost the track in skyburst sand blizzard. Forlorn Bedouin journey ends in calm cradle of oasis defined by the pristine paradigm of earthly paradise, sparkling with dulcet stardust silver shine in the desolate heart of still Saharan night. September 29, 2018 Contest : I wander the desert alone Sponsored by : Edward Ibeh