I Have a Heart
I walked alone for long on the desert trail
Saw the trembling mirage creep, melt away
I didn’t know then my wanton life I would fail
For no hand I found holding mine on my way.
A caved dune rippling in the dry desert wind
I didn’t see a tender sapling struggle to grow
In the moist crevice of sand layer it could find
When the rare raining clouds descended low.
I saw you walking on a crisp evening in winter
As if floating along the sandy valley toward me
I felt within me sun’s glow on your face enter
Arid loneliness melted, flowed out in a stream.
My feelings swam in the shimmer of your eyes
The sun went down, the dusk told you to depart
In the distant dune horizon you would again rise
Hold my hands, make me realize I have a heart.
October 21, 2017
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