I stand in a dessert without a single dune
- just flat sand as far as the eye can see,
And high above me: an unreachable Moon,
silently shining its silver on me.
Too distant for me to hear,
- but I know it sings
A soft lullaby about fear,
And sorrow, and broken wings.
So I keep walking, further still,
Through this nothingness of sand,
An emptiness I cannot fill,
I wish for a helping hand.
But there is none, and anyway
A helping hand I couldn't use:
I alone must walk this way,
Stand and win, or fall and lose.
A whisper from above and far
Tells me I'll be home soon;
I need no guiding star -
I have a guiding Moon.