The Search

We blast mountains from our vision 
To shape how things should be 
Punctured the sand with cold derision 
Power reigned with sudden glee 
And what now? 
Nothing in the caves 
Except blasted stones and gaping wounds 
Time frantic, raves 
At nothing midst the shadow of the ruins. 
The mountains bare
Where we lost them, concentrated in dust 
Saw it disappear 
So vulnerable our destructible use of trust. 
Nothing in the sands 
Nothing in our hands 
Nothing in the rivers 
The petty law givers 
Are mingled with dunes that twirl and twirl 
The blind thought of what will end the world
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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