Desert Song
A love poem
Published in
Feb 5, 2021
barren and beautiful
the wide empty valley
echoed with the
songs of my soul and
the whispers of my
heart
the silent breeze
carried notes of
bittersweet memory as
the footsteps of myself
and my beloved
left imprints on the
brittle earth
how lush the inner world
felt even amid the
desolation of this place
how strange to be filled
to the brim when we were
surrounded by
emptiness —
August 28, 2019, Abiquiu, New Mexico
