silhouetted against <br />a blazing sky <br />a thinning horizon <br />absorbing the dirge <br />of the stretching dunes <br />narrating the stories <br />hidden behind each particle <br />of life lived <br />of lives buried… <br /> <br />in stoic silence <br />there she stands <br />the forlorn queen of the desert <br />wearing a lone flower <br />amidst her shielding thorns <br /> <br />02 aug 2010 <br />14.07<br /><br />indira babbellapati<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cactus-5/
