The Call of the Desert
Limitless brilliance of the desert day.
The slowly sinking sun
seemingly hangs motionless
over the distant horizon,
loathe to give up
as the day is done.
As the newborn night
silently stirs the desert
night life to play,
the little star eyes
sleepily blink open,
to promise coolness for awhile.
The distant mountain range
denotes power to beguile.
The steady heart beat
of desert night life with
a heart warming music,
rhythmic clear.
A new born evening breeze,
springs to life,
to give much needed
coolness to the desert flowers
eternal fight for life.
Only a lonely wanderer
of this desert land
could possibly know
or understand the
real fascination,
and intense coloration
of the great,
patient monoliths,
as they stand
among their kind,
in the infernal heat
of the desert sand.
The indescribable delicacy
of the desert plants
and flowers that so far
out class the carefully
tended flowers of our
civilizations clustered stand.
The soft, enchanting nights,
where the ethereal
magic of the moon,
makes desert night
seem like noon,
causing each fleeting,
dancing shadow,
seem ever changing,
never twice the same.
The great red walls
of the castle like cliffs,
tells the story of eternal
patience and bliss.
Where there is no
beginning and no end,
in this brooding,
beautiful desert wonderland.
I love to listen to this song
the desert wind is singing:
"May love and beauty
walk with you forever."
The slowly sinking sun
seemingly hangs motionless
over the distant horizon,
loathe to give up
as the day is done.
As the newborn night
silently stirs the desert
night life to play,
the little star eyes
sleepily blink open,
to promise coolness for awhile.
The distant mountain range
denotes power to beguile.
The steady heart beat
of desert night life with
a heart warming music,
rhythmic clear.
A new born evening breeze,
springs to life,
to give much needed
coolness to the desert flowers
eternal fight for life.
Only a lonely wanderer
of this desert land
could possibly know
or understand the
real fascination,
and intense coloration
of the great,
patient monoliths,
as they stand
among their kind,
in the infernal heat
of the desert sand.
The indescribable delicacy
of the desert plants
and flowers that so far
out class the carefully
tended flowers of our
civilizations clustered stand.
The soft, enchanting nights,
where the ethereal
magic of the moon,
makes desert night
seem like noon,
causing each fleeting,
dancing shadow,
seem ever changing,
never twice the same.
The great red walls
of the castle like cliffs,
tells the story of eternal
patience and bliss.
Where there is no
beginning and no end,
in this brooding,
beautiful desert wonderland.
I love to listen to this song
the desert wind is singing:
"May love and beauty
walk with you forever."
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Published by David Lanier
Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. Grew up working in the family business. Worked at the Grand Canyon in'93, and fell in love with the power of nature. Spent some time in the Army. Married for a few ye... View profile
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8 Comments
Post a CommentBeautiful pictured with words. I see it live every day. Nice job.
Great poem and pic!!!
Well put!
Excellent images
This captures the beauty of the dessert wonderfully :) I wrote a poem about the desert too :)
:-) Nice visuals
Nice work. I love reading and mentally seeing the pictures be painted by the author.
This a beautiful picturesque poem. Excellent visual with the photo and your words. Nice work! :)