Rain
Jul 27, '06 2:57 AM


I walked through the desert
one misty pearly dawn
cool wind swirling
moist sand colored fawn

Sol came through shimmering
on the bleeding horizon
disdainfully he marched out
night into days prison

there was hope there was joy
also the birthing dread
he would heat the desert
and by miday we'd be dead

soon the taste of salt
touched my cracking lips
I wasnt crying
just sweating in strips

the sky so blue
the vultures so high
dunes all around me
tall parched and dry

sol's light snaked its fingers
into every goddamn hole
scooping out water
turning it to gold

vainly the gerbil
cowered in in a crevice deep
he would freeze there all day
not uttering a peep

as the heat kept mounting
with nary a cloud in the sky
all around me were creatures
left high and dry


my water bottle heated
beyond my thirsting hope
it seared and burnt
my aching arid throat

where is the maker
cried the children big and small
he has left us stranded
deserted full of gall

why didnt we live
on a glacier full of ice
we would have our hearts fill
and even leave some for the mice

where are the roses
where are the balls
where are the jasmine
magnolia scented malls

just sand sand sand
all around
you could have a built a castle
it would have kept coming down


just then there was thunder
and lightning streaked the sky
there was sounds of splashing
as the rain came visiting by

we sat on the heated
sandy parched malls
rubbed our eyes drily
and waited for the fall

there yonder lay the ocean
so acid full of brine
it was raining on the water
leaving us sandy people dry