sand

I have been told there is a place
that covered in luxurious green
is worthy of being called home
garden of beauty never seen

 

it bathes in stories of grandeur
they call it earthly paradise
I quickly fell in love and soon
was on my way didn’t think twice

 

the sun upon my nomad life
is setting and the time has come
for me to settle somewhere down
where no one asks me where I’m from

 

I travel light laden with hope
my feet dance on the dusty road
the stars that shine upon my head
a clear day tomorrow bode

 

I bade farewell to my old life
and let the starry night guide me
if only there had been a drop
of truthfulness or honesty

 

the land quickly turned brown then red
the dusty road to rock and gravel
there was still time to turn around
and to end this ruinous travel

 

but drunken on stories and tales
I blindly kept following suit
although it was clear to me
on this dry soil nothing bears fruit

 

the scorching sun seared my seeds
and with them my last hope of life
I turned into an empty shell
and in me there was no more strife

 

my dreams drowned in the desert sand
burning by day frigid by night
here no one asks me where I’m from
here there is nobody in sight

 

November 2023