Desert Poetry

[StoneyCrustyBabe]

Contemplating Life Through the Milky Way

At night here
The Milky Way lays out
a great ribbon against
the deepest blue sky
as Ursa Major invites me to drink
from cool water reserves.

I am mesmerized by the magic
played out
in this ever turning sky
to know that I am the one turning
to know that the stars I am looking at
may actually have died out
millions of years ago.

The source of soul
may too die but still the soul
travels on
and on
and on
until a new source
can be born
then too we travel on and on
form morphing
over and
over and
over
until nirvana maybe
or heaven maybe
or hades maybe
maybe we are absorbed back into
a food chain
and maybe afterlife then
is becoming other life
through this osmosis.

Bathing

Funny how I missed
the feeling
walking up
the wash
to bathe
gritty
just the gritty sand
and flip flops
clacking
driving
me to
cleanliness.

[fulmah]

that was fantastic... the whole thing really... the idea, the presentation, the technique... I enjoyed it all, thanks!

I am mesmerized by the magic
played out
in this ever turning sky
to know that I am the one turning
to know that the stars I am looking at
may actually have died out
millions of years ago.
yes!

[KittenX]

I agree. I really enjoyed this too. Both pieces are quite good. Hope to see more from you.

[standingdeer]

Beautiful, simple, truthful. No hesitation in the moment. I enjoyed your words thank you.

[StoneyCrustyBabe]

Thank you everyone for the feedback, I have been trying to work through a writer's block lately, these poems are actually a couple of months old. I wrote them while I was on the Hopi Reservation in AZ doing volunteer work this summer. If anyone would like to find out more about helping our American Indian brothers and sisters check out these websites. www.voicesofthepeople.org or www.bmis.org