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#tipsyntiredsongs ~ ~ ~ I can hear it bounding, I can hear the lust I can hear its twisted heart beating through the dust I know what is coming now, I know that I must run I know I must reach the...
Four tiny children. Playing in the dirt. A mother sits so idly by. A drum against her skirt. Their father's 'cross the desert sand. A spear in his grip. The oldest daughter shells some beans.
The heat makes the smells. Strong and dry. The dust, so dull. And the cacti. Smell of grass left in the sun. And smell of aging water. And thorns, and sour butter. The smell of scorching sand.
My roots are engraved under the sand. My black petals are ready to expand. Leaves are reaching up to the sun. A desert rose with the universe I become one. When the wind blows.
The rising moon gentles the night, Softens the stars glittering bright, Tucking cloaks of shadowy robes Into the hillsides rippling folds.
I love.. Cairo. the land of the pyramids Full of mystery and seeped in history.