your love no longer
cascades down on
me
like a rain forest
constant
washing away tired dust & ash
cleansing my body fulfilling my thirst
making my plants grow
no
a powerful drought has set in
no end in sight
fire dangers
everywhere
no smoking anytime
the plants are dead
the animals gone
the thirst will not be quenched
soon I will be a desert
for you to tread on
leaving footprints
with shoes I bought for you.
