When silence stretches, expansive

like a desert between two people 

No oasis of tender words, comforting

Beautiful memories lay parched, and

pasts lay wrinkled under the fiery sun

Footprints long buried under the dunes

Hope is only a mirage, infinitesimal

The blistering spines, piercing, cutting

Eyes, failing  to absorb the sorrows

The merciless strangle of the unruly vines

When hugeness is only a windowless wall

Shadows are strangers, who never meet

Scorching days melt into icy nights, lifelessly

Prayers are reflected by cloudless skies, unheard

It’s time to walk away from the desert……to let go

And search for a shade to rest.....