Desert

Lonely is the heart

that reaches with its arms

high up into the sky for rain.

It screams and cries for water

as if parched and in much pain.

It wonders why it cannot explain the way it hurts.

Perhaps, the tongue could lay it all

but the knot

within the breast

struggles and remain.

#lonely #deserted #estranged

Photo: Wearing an orange sequined gown in the middle of Big Bend National Park.