The Desert Unseen

I move through this landscape

for the first time

with each step I am taught

a way that is not mine.

I learn,

the wind strips you down

to nothing but bones.

so at night you can lay

naked

blanketed by the unknown.

By day I wander.

consumed by desert heat

unabashed, I surrender

rendered by defeat.

Now, my blood refined

I sense magic

in this life of mine.

With every mile I walk

I witness treasure in every step

sense beauty in all I’ve met.

This land gifted me

jewels as desert bones

I wear them proudly

as I continue into the unknown.