Desert Song
A love poem
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