Salty tears spilled down my cheeks today
As slowly pieces drew together.
Too long I've been too far away
From a land I only know in freezing weather.
Unforgiving, dry, desolate ground
Belies a life that courses through;
That winds its way through Karoo sound
And twines and twirls around desert views.
Stumbling hearts navigate their way
Over black-tarred snakes for hours;
To find the music that holds sway
Over Karoo days and within Karoo showers.
It rained today & washed my soul
Ice-cold, bitter tears from above.
Pieces of myself, that lie scattered, become a whole
As I return to the desert that I love.
*Rhiannon Oset* © '09
As slowly pieces drew together.
Too long I've been too far away
From a land I only know in freezing weather.
Unforgiving, dry, desolate ground
Belies a life that courses through;
That winds its way through Karoo sound
And twines and twirls around desert views.
Stumbling hearts navigate their way
Over black-tarred snakes for hours;
To find the music that holds sway
Over Karoo days and within Karoo showers.
It rained today & washed my soul
Ice-cold, bitter tears from above.
Pieces of myself, that lie scattered, become a whole
As I return to the desert that I love.
*Rhiannon Oset* © '09
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