A fair and pristine desert
Of cool white
A fair and pristine desert
Of cool white
Fair skies overhead
Cannot end the mind’s fierce storm
But they can calm it
The trees stand tall and proud as if
They stand guard o’er the land
The mountains rise and scrape the sky
Wrought by a heav’nly hand
And as the river winds its way
Through hill and plain and stone
It sings a low, eternal song
Of air and earth and bone
With naught but stars overhead
The way is dark
But not lonely
Trudging through the rain
Seeking a quiet refuge
Where the sun can shine
Salt fills the air
Gulls cry
Wind’s in my hair
Blue sky
The foam rolls along
And the sands shift
In a subtle song
And my spirits lift
Fragile glass shatters
And though its shape is no more
It has become sand
The curling waves crash
Their foam sneaks between my toes
Then quickly recedes
The sands swirl bright
And the glass glistens
As with each dropping grain
A moment passes
There is so much that I could say
Of thine deep, wisest eyes
But most that they bring forth the day:
Wherefore the sun doth rise?
Eyes, fathoms deep, and wise.