~Desert~

Cactus rub their thorny hands
As the dust storm settles
The sun beats across the arid sands.
Dust shaken from worn out boots.
In this dusty, dry town.
Tumbleweeds pass with brown roots.
    
Desert ghosts whisper from stones
In this barren windblown land
The sands are rich with bleached bones.

A man walks across the blasted �scape.
The cliffs cut in like a bloody scrape.

Still he walks, searching for a way out
Dusty boots shift sand
His parched throat like a drought.

The cliffs are like prison walls.
Tumbleweed blows about him like game balls.

The end is coming in a short while.
He sees a shape
Dry old Death, with a humorless smile.

He walks toward him with a tired grin
And leads him on
They walk together to the unknown ocean.
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