Stand atop your dunes manifested Dreams from infallible convictions Eyes — open with pretentious ecstasy Gawking Your waves — in a waterless sea Stand facing the winds permeating your pedantic desert Eyes — water Assurances — seeping in Indifferently ravishing your dunes Lie — buried The sand’s absolute Like sediment — manifestations overlaid Eyes — close against the winds righteous pursuits You wonder how you missed the direction whence they came