Of Desert Nights by Patrick Sean Lee (best books for 8th graders txt) 📕

OF DESERT NIGHTS

Daybreak

Broken like waves upon the reef.
Quiet, oh beating heart.
The madness of losing you.
The madness of morning light.
The madness of waking again,
Without you.

Wild nights, moonlit clouds,
Living in the desert of your shadows.
A horse with mane of silver
Carried us into daybreak,
Your arms around my chest,
Your solemn words in my ears.

Daybreak.

The passion of sweet intoxication.
The wine of longing fulfilled
Like fervent prayers, spoken
Through lips entwined like vines.
Like wind and sand and moon,
Cradling us in some fantasy.

Now

Broken like waves upon the reef.
Quiet, oh beating heart.
The madness of losing you.
The madness of morning light.
The madness of waking again,
Without you.

Jealous skies
Jealous desert wind
Jealous dunes of tawny sand.
Footprints. Footnotes.
Final declarations just before

Daybreak


A cup of sand, a cup of tears,
A cup of poisoned memories.
A lock of silvered shadows
Filled with your face,
Gone, alone astride Athansor,
Now that truth replaces lies.

This moment

Daybreak

Broken as waves upon the reef.
Quiet, oh beating heart.
The madness of losing you.
The madness of morning light.
The madness of waking again,
Without you.


A lamb upon your lap in desert silence,
Crowned with gentleness,
Dressed with perfidy.
Gentle creature,
Crowned with teeth.

A thousand nights, a hundred thousand
Lies that still I love,
Recalling only your gentle voice.
A thousand spears that struck
My bleeding heart, disguised as love.

Sunlight, scorch me.
Blist'ring sand, tear my naked feet.
Desert winds, sear her from my heart.
The walls erected
In desert’s silver nights, fall.
Leave me deaf, dumb, blind.
Leave me, now, to total death.

Daybreak
Daybreak
Daybreak...

Broken as waves upon the reef.
Quiet, oh beating heart.
The madness of losing you.
The madness of morning light.
The madness of waking again,
Without you.

Text: Patrick Sean Lee
Editing: Self
Publication Date: 11-11-2012

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