I SAID
THIS DESERT LIFE IS BARREN
VOID OF LIFE AND BEAUTY.
I DRIVE FOR MILES
SEE NOTHING
ONLY SAND AND SAGE
FEEL NOTHING
ONLY WIND AND HEAT
TASTE NOTHING
BUT SPIT DRIED SPIT.
HE SAID
HAVE YOU EVER DRIVEN
IN SPRING
THROUGH THIS SAME DESERT
SEEN BLOSSOMS FLOWER
GORGEOUS WILD?
IT'S ALL A THING OF TIMING.
SEEDS OF BEAUTY
ARE THERE NOW HIDDEN
WAITING FALL OF RAIN
TO BRING THEM LIFE.
LORD SEND RAIN
UPON MY WORLD
MY LIFE
I'M TIRED OF DRIED SPIT.
"Mojave Desert" by Joseph Bayly
taken from "The Velveteen Woman"
which I'm currently reading
Love The Velveteen Rabbit [book]. I'm feeling pretty shabby lately; trying to understand that it's actually a good thing. "As long as we are busy living the not-really-me-but-tidy life, we never get around to becoming real."
2 comments:
"He makes all things beautiful in His time."
I'm tired of dried spit...
I never would have thought to put it that way, but I know what he means!
praying for the rain and cherry blossoms and His tangible touch in your life.
and I want to read this book too!
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