-Oasis-


I have been in the desert for some time
Lost amongst its power and threat

At my end, I lost my mind and took to my knees
Looking up with all my effort, a seemingly endless mirage of heat and lost horizon

I made a decision at that very moment to make that last step my fate and not to lay there in wait as if to give in to this beast
I stepped on, focused on one over the other

Inevitably that last step was met

Hands on my knees and drops of sweat bombing the sands, I shook its hand and noticed its beauty
The hand of woman
I looked up and you were there and you gently lay me down in your shade and let me drink from you