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blistering sands scorch my feet
as i wander this vast desert
of arid desolation
cannot hide my feelings
any longer
i have forsaken all
for you
waiting for the light
to find my consciousness
swelling beyond containment
beneath my exquisite pain
left to remain parched
unforgiven
by sanctity of dissolution
gravely ridden into dust
away from the light and
toward windswept depths
of a darkened hell
that only I could know
destitute and without meaning
absent viable form
completely insolvent of essence

spread thin -- and left to rot

until…

driven further and deeper
deprived of all senses
i reach for you
and…
taunted by your sun's rays
revived by your
sweltering breeze
my numbness subsides
and i am

consumed

by depravity...
finally,

i burn

within you
and i am

quenched

at last

Copyright (c) 2004 Jeff Mason