Tuesday, March 18, 2014

The Parched Earth

Deprived of the rains for over a month now, my periwinkles are dying.

We thought we controlled the earth.  Let this be a reminder that we are guests of Mother Earth, not her lord and master.

The Parched Earth
Leaves bursting with thirst
suicidal descents

into the sands of oblivion below
the final searching

so much brown
green - a lost
bewildered orphan
disappearing children

crucified limbs
flesh torn

slowly from hanging skeletons
we journey through the desert.

Ben Gieske


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