The Desert

Recently took a trip to Arizona and saw some of the desert. I fell in love with my surroundings.

An endless empty wasteland

Glimmering in the sunlight

As golden specks fly and dance

Across the seas of tan and gold.

 

Skulls and shells

Lost creatures of the past

Lay paralyzed, littering the ground

Defeated by their own time.

 

In the mountainous horizon

A storm of pure blackness

Electric whips strike the atmosphere

As it continues to brew in its rage.

 

Faint sounds gather in the winds

Growing stronger by the minute

Voices of coyotes singing their songs

Awestruck by the lyrical masters of nature.

 

Wild horses embraced in their freedom

To soar the empty horizons of this oasis.

I get lost in my thoughts, jealous

Of their will to be free and run wild.

 

A barren landscape, gone untouched

Dryness and death, but so full life

A diamond in the rough of everlasting beauty

One of Mother Earth's best kept secrets.

 

 

Reviews

[TPK Stories]

What beautiful words for the Arizona desert...while I think is pretty...i still wouldn't want to live there....

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

you painted a beautiful picture with your verses. Thank you so much for this visit.

[Priscilla Sayers]

beautiful. the imagery places the reader in the scene as the beauty of it is expressed through your eyes and your heart.
Beautiful.
Anna, you never cease to amaze me.

[~Sarah~ Idríel T..]

So beautiful poem! =)

[KAREN]

Beautiful imagery! The world we live in is a wonderful place with all its glory and beauty!

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

What a amazing trip you took me on through your words! Great imagery!

[Gilad Levanon]

This is delicious. It sums up a kind of nostalgic appreciation of nature's profound beauty in an environment that most can't appreciate in this way.
I absolutely love this line:
Electric whips strike the atmosphere
Please enter this poem in my contest, "Nature".

[Cascara (aka Sprint Goe..]

nice vivid imagery!

[Robbie~xoxo~]

You took me to another place of beauty...I feel as if I am there with you. The wild freedom that your words have made me feel is hynotizing. Always a great write, Anna!

[Black Swan Poetry]

I really like the second stanza. Very cool