Leaves bursting with thirst
suicidal descents
into the sands of oblivion below
the final searching
so much brown
green - a lost
bewildered orphan
disappearing children
crucified limbs
flesh torn
slowly from hanging skeletons
we journey through the desert
- Sept.29,2007
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Published by 'cc&d magazine' in Apr.,2008 issue.
Ben Gieske
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-parched-earth/