Desert Dream
from the mind of criatura


Sometimes, when a bird cries out,
Or the wind sweeps through a tree,
Or a dog howls in a far-off farm
I hold still and listen a long time.

My world turns and goes back to the place
Where, a thousand forgotten years ago,
The bird and the blowing wind
Were like me, and were my brothers.

My soul turns into a tree
And an animal, and a cloud bank.
Then changed and odd it comes home
And asks me questions.  What should I reply?

words by Hermann Hesse
from "Earth Prayers from Around the World"

photo by petra
enhanced with PaintShop Pro



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