We Searchers

we have searched and found long days filled with longing searched for small signs in sandy wastes under the cruel orb seeking all but settling on the crudest need asking in our poverty what sustains life? love god water hope having only water we moved on leaving our history on the holy stone leaving our brothers ashes in the dry wind what is true? mountains father stones god is in heaven for it is not here all men want all will suffer of one mind we decided god is not here and we have far to go leaving our light extinguished in the earth we descend in that shadowy valley the windbreath does not blow thoughts do not ignite spirits cannot soar there we found Yama who is no devil but a wise man filled with sorrow but with hope all he said was do your duty as i must do not love do not hate do not want come to me in time i am the only road through this wasteland through this life you will find me kind