Oasis in the desert of the heart

Reivax Camlost

Empty desert cast in monochrome and gray

In white sand, white sun, black day

To nowhere within anywhere despair

There's heartache in the sunlit air

 

Set sail across the sand with heavy heart

From nowhere anywhere do we depart

To look for black in a black world

To only of all hope despair

 

Barren is the land; had once held hope

Barren too the sky

Barren but for distant pool

Without whose waters all would surely die

All worlds surely be a lie

 

Yes the sun may dry the sand

Or all the sky be black

But forbid us all in life forsake

Lest color all emotion wake

And prove that life is not a thing to mourn

  • Author: Reivax Camlost (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 6th, 2016 15:08
  • Comment from author about the poem: Sometimes we feel as if our life is a desert, cast only in tones of gray and black. Remember always that we cannot forsake ourselves, lest we be proven craven by the long sought return of color to our lives, which is inevitable. "What with artistry we can surmise" "Even while in desert heat despise" "Gives color to oasis in the desert of the heart"
  • Category: Spiritual
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  • willyweed

    yes in this life we have to stay the course even through the most violent storms. good piece you pen. ww

    • Reivax Camlost

      You got the theme down to a word. Thanks for understanding.

      And thanks for the comment- feedback is a poet's greatest treasure, lets him then compose at leisure.

    • Celliehwyn89

      I love the last few lines! Thanks for a happier ending, I liked the wording too. 🙂

      • Reivax Camlost

        Thanks.

        "What with artistry we can surmise"
        "Even while in desert heat despise"
        "Gives color to oasis in the desert of the heart"



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