By Hedvig
Date: 2001 Dec 17
Comment on this Work
[[2001.12.17.11.06.14951]]

A Reedy Pool of Love

A reedy pool of water
amidst the dry parched land
where thirst for love is quenched
where once had been drought sand

The dried up waste of life
where desert willows grow
and camels brave the storms
of the barren ravaged snow

The cracked and hard baked ground
hosts a  blowing dust of pain
as hot winds scorch the surface
where tumbleweeds remain

Abandoned hearts are dying
on the ravaged shriveled shores
where once had flowed a river
from the oceans torrid floor

The dessicated bodies
of those whose loves had died
where only tears could dampen
on the soil where they cried

The years of faintest trickle
with the mist of those who wept
the dew of saddened mornings
after lonely nights they slept

Leaving moisture for a moment
a respite tear in time
followed by the bleakened drought
of the thirsting sorrows whine

Now a reedy pool of love
has appeared upon the land
an oasis amidst the sands of life
from God's own outstretched  hand

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