In The Desert

Glaring Sun,

Upon the Hot, Dry, Empty Land.

But a man, slicing the emptiness,

Trespassing the silence.

He struggles to walk through the solid barriers.

They stand ahead, A million times.

Hope for survival, it's lost.

I was lost when he got into the land.

When he started to talk,

When he started to walk.

The things he needs:

Water,

Food,

Shelter.



Basics needs, for the basic person.

He gets them all,

But none.

None can cure it,

None can escape it...



...Death.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

It makes you wonder...

Why do we care?

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Bryan Adam Tomimbang's picture

Wonderful prose! And I wholeheartedly agree with your author's comment too... the inevitabality of death despite the basic necessities of humankind.