William Kelii Kekaula Poet Narrative

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Warning: Saguaro

WARNING: Saguaro

I wandered e'er so stiffly, speaking to loneliness,
Got dead to desire at the start, deaf to silence,
This remained an arduous journey of despair,
Beneath a broad unforgiving expensive sky,
Destitute, I went hither, on equal ground,
Dreamt damp beds per sensitive trudge,
Last marrow withered essence within,
Cracked, my breath spit out sounds,
Standing, midst heaven and earth,
Nature projects, outline a mirage,
It grew to each wavering vapor,
Beautiful flower be it so trivial,
Blinded via the desert heat,
I know it to be, delighted,
I rush in haste to hug it,
And last of my depth,
In its touch of me,
I didst bleed out,
Penitent pose,
As life flees,
Gist of me,
Knelt I,
Dies.

2020 February 26

*3rd Place*

Warning 
~~Richard Lamoureux

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Richard Lamoureux March 15, 2020 at 11:30 AM Thanks for entering my contest. Congrats on your Third place finish. William Kelii Kekaula March 15, 2020 at 11:39 AM My heartfelt thanks, Richard, for the honored placement -- Aloha!~@wk