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SAND GRAINS ON FLAT GROUND by Riveroflifelisajoy
April 15, 2008 at 1:44 am · Filed under amateur poetry and prose writing, and tradegy, Health, Physical Pain from Heat and Exhaustion, Poetry About Being Lost in the Desert, Poetry about Determination against All Odds, Uncategorized, Views from Within and tagged: amateur poetry and prose writing ( haiku), Analogy Poetry, Correlated Poetry Imagine this...if you will, POETRY, Poetry About Being Lost in the Desert, Poetry about Determination against All Odds, Poetry about Heat Exhaustion and Chaffed feet from walk, Poetry About Severe Medical Conditions
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The sun beats down
I can smell the sweat on
my scalp and hair, the water trickles
down my back and I feel
like tearing my skin right off
Boils begin to fill with
clear fluid
as I look toward the
horizon my feet
tingle and burn
while I place one
foot in
front of the
other. The back
of these cheap
sneakers is
rubbing against my
already
blistered ankles
but I must go toward
the tiny speck in the
distance. It looks
like a bunch of trees and possibly
a resting place
So each step more painful
than the other.
I hope I find some of my
friends there
Sipping Green Tea on
ice, and waving me
to continue to finsh my journey
home.
The grains of sand on this
barren flat land are being
whipped up into dust and it
clouds my minds eye.
I cannot look beyond the
obvious…yet the obvious is
too harsh to cope with.
“Come to us bid the tiny dots
in the distance.” You just sit
right there and wait for me…
I keep repeating this to myself
as my feet start to bleed.
My big toe feels like a splinter is stuck
deep inside.
Why did I wear these deck shoes
anyway?
I decide to keep
a weather eye on the horizon….
Fini—
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