Desert Sun

Mischievous eyes sparkle over the horizon
Tinting the morning skies with pinks and violets.
Resplendent, the brilliant sun rises,
In its living cloak of shimmering red and yellow flames.
Powerful rays banish the darkness of eternal night.
Like a wave, warmth and light
Flood the infinite landscape
Of mint and soft green shrubs, stubborn in their will to survive,
And scorched, knee-high blackened trees
Which scatter across the sun-soaked orange soil.
In oneness, my inner sun rises to dispel the leaden weight of my mind,
And create the beginnings of a new life.