Desert

There is a clarity of mind made whole,

When land is silent with sand and rock,

So dry and barren the mind must plant,

And think about those things most hard,

As many a man has tested his strength,

Alone in a desert of confusion and doubt,

Where temptations arise from a place of fear,

Or maybe a place of deepest desire,

Perhaps a hunger for bread from stones,

Perhaps to fly from cliffs and rise,

Seeing the world below; one's self

Humans who struggle to do good yet fail,

At night, the stars in the desert do light,

A canvas of beauty that illuminates the sky,

Each star a reminder that our deepest desire,

Arises from ancient atoms not seen,

That infuse us all and make us expand,

Like the Universe; one day to collapse again