Desert Charm

Piece of broken moon

Sand dunes and brush land

Stark brick red mountains reach out

Thirsting for the clouds beyond

A little rain in this terrain

Then Blossom forth the cacti

The prickly pear a few palms

The emerald green oasis

Silver beams of a full moon

Dance and ricochet off rippling sand

Romancing with cymbals and trumpets

Prance eerie shadows on silvery strands

A coverlet of brilliant stars

A cozy camp fire

Orange flames beat time

With songs of fun and laughter.

The sweltering day

turns midnight blue

A brilliant cool sapphire

Tired bodies sleep it out

In tents a traveler's lair

Flags flutter a top heap of horns

Of mountain goats, landmark of bones

Clouds of dust covering tracks

We see our first mirage

of a promised land

On quick waves of a magician's hand

Still-distances to cover

Weathered through a desert storm

Miles, routes and an unchartered course

Calls us to move on

To chase the elusive mystique of a moon scape's Desert calm!