Stark stony path Small, snaking, etched upon deserts face Wonderfully wraps itself Tight around my feet Warm Dusty brown blanket Ruffled by soft wind dry and parched Quenched only by hard time Yet patient and persisting Speckled Streaked, long gaunt shadows Leave tattooed tracks and trails Embedded deep within earthβs leathered skin Blistering sun melts the sweltering day Waxen blue Dripping into lazy languid pools Warm and sensuous Trickling Like an hour glass Slowly settling onto the rim of sky Pasted shimmering lines Shifting Into ridges of lost time