the still, still girl
who fought for her battles
ramming standstill
as the dunes washed beneath
the weight of her heavy, heavy feet
tire and sore-some
from all the miles she had to overcome,
and a wealth of blisters
here, her shadow stretched far and prestine
even under the deep blanket of night,
step after step, without a knight she moves
swiftly through the sandy dunes
knowing, bristling in her heart
only a comet as true to its course
will lay a stop
to the journey which
she wills