Sunday, August 3, 2008

Poem that came to me today

Desert

I am everything
and nothing
like the earth beneath
your feet,
that you treat with
disdain and deceit
pretending it's not there
but you need it.
You mistreat and neglect it
and when it's
barren and hard,
dry and scorching,
you damned it so.

by L. Johnson 3Aug08

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