I walked in a desert. <br />And I cried, <br />"Ah, God, take me from this place!" <br />A voice said, "It is no desert." <br />I cried, "Well, But -- <br />The sand, the heat, the vacant horizon." <br />A voice said, "It is no desert."<br /><br />Stephen Crane<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-walked-in-a-desert-2/