Chased away from communal watering hole
by angry herd, I falter beneath angry
desert sun that seizes hope, last vestiges
of pride, vitality.

Roaming insomniac, I scan horizon
for intruders – tireless sentry looking out
not for enemies but same species, brother
who would steal my birthright.

Stripped of belonging, nights seem infinitely
longer. I surrender to delirium
defined by my nonsensical pleadings with
menacing midnight moon.