Jayasree

Night Over The Desert

The desert shimmers silver 

in the starlit night.

The night sky

like a crystal blanket

with the twinkling stars

sewn on it. 

The silence of the night broken

by the whisper of the

blooming desert flowers,

the fluttering of the

night birds\' wings

and the sound of the

shifting sand dunes

in the wind.

The desert, a sea of sand

stretches endlessly

to the horizon, where 

the stars rain down 

on the wild flowers

draping them in silver.