Desert
By Stellar84

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This poem belongs to me, Emily.  All rights reserved.  Please,
no duplicating, copying, or distribution without my consent.
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     So hot and dry 
     Shimmering waves 
     Aboundless heat 
     Sucks your life away 

     It is the desert 
     The cacti and the sand 
     Lizards roam, and snakes patrol 
     And water a precious resource 

     Look abroad there 
     You want the shade 
     You wish for wind, coolness 
     There is too much heat 

     The sun is high 
     Beating hard down 
     Even as the day lingers on 
     The temperatures are astounding 

     This is the desert 
     It is dry, so very dry 
     But it is my home 
     And I wouldn’t change it, ever