"Sand"
I want to meet a Desert
Dry sun for words and hot sand for reaching hands
May they teach me the meaning of oasis
Of gratitude for thirst because their water is precious
I want to hold out my hand as their grains slip between my fingers
And be reminded of the way erosion destroyed empires
"Snow"
Let the icy Tundra of another's turned back remind me
How the snow refracts the light
Blind me
With their monochromatic white plains
Show me how they become when they cap a mountain’s sharp peak
When they break into glaciers
Or melt into the blackened slush beneath tire treads
"Jungle"
The rainforest in another's smile stops me with caution
Their mystery lips twisting like the rivers of the Amazon
And their raised brow a lost record of ancient civilizations
Stone temples pulsing with abandonment and overgrown emotions
There are stalking jaguars in their silence
Pythons in the way they hold my hand and squeeze
"Archipelago"
If I ever meet an Island
I will stare at their beautiful beaches in awe
And think of how the violence of fire made their shores
Out of volcanic ash and hid their mettle behind
Palm tree eyelashes and hurricane laughter
"Time"
I will speak of him like an ancient story,
Told in the middle of the night
In the middle of a yellow desert
In the middle of a red sandstorm
Tent flapping and wind blowing
The oil lamps will flicker
And the words will come forth, unbidden
A locked filigree box, opens
And behind the black veil and smoke haze
My kohl eyes will travel through you
Into the distance
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