I am a romantic Bedouin

I am a romantic Bedouin/ Walking across the endless desert of this lonely night/ These burning sands of time shifting slowly beneath my feet/ Dwarfed by this endless horizon of emotions/ Defining me while holding me in it's grasp/

My soul is parched, and yet each time when all seems lost/ Your love guides me like the bright crescent moon ever onward/ Just across the next horizon/hanging there, So large and inviting I can almost reach out and touch it/ And cradle it softly in my hands/

Let me find the strength to reach that dream oasis of your love/ And find it's not again a mirage/ another empty disappointment/ Another crushing blow/ And to find shelter there, a chance to rest/ And swim gently in the deep calm water of your love/ A journey ended, and yet also just begun/

I am a romantic Bedouin.

(Original poem written by me in 2007)