Desert Prayer
Footsteps fading in the dust,
I left my debts on your sandstone altar
and prayed in vain for a cleansing rain
to clear away my sacrifice.
I left my debts on your sandstone altar
and prayed in vain for a cleansing rain
to clear away my sacrifice.
Sun scorching my vulnerable body,
I leave more burdened than when I came.
Unable to shake my guilty soul,
heavy sunken lead-filled chest
I trudge along the sinking dunes -
a desert wanderer and a fool.
Published by SH
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7 Comments
Post a CommentLovely poem, but sad. :) Sheri
Lovely.
Rachel, I really liked that (read it four times) and I'm a hard sell because usually I don't like poetry. I'll be trying to keep up in the days and weeks ahead. -- Mike
Deeply felt. Are you a veteran?
How beautiful! :-)
BTW: I am a desert dweller . . . nearly a decade now
Oh my God . . . Your poem touches me deeply . . . Thank you for sharing this . . . I'm saving this (with your name on it, of course!)