The dry heat takes your breath away Leaving you struggling to draw life into your lungs Sweat dripping off your brow The sun beaming hot on your back Miles and miles of sand with nothing else in sight Make your wish of home But even the draught there is an unseen beauty there The peace and quiet tranquility pour over you A motion in the corner of your eye catches your attention You see an iguana born to live on this dry forsaken land Its fast movements scurrying over the sand amuses you There is a cactus with a gorgeous flower bloomed on its prickly skin You are but oh so beautiful The snake slithering leaving amazing marks behind in its haste in the sand Then a torrent wind brings a sense of being over you cooling you off for just brief moment But when the sunsets the nights are cool Sitting around the fire letting your thoughts drift over the wonders of the world