For Travelers to Feel Relief
by Paul Hall, 20th of April, 1986, Tenant Creek, Australia
The Gold brush of a desert grass dots the clay's deep red.
And from this floor, a pale green bush, above it rears it's head.
And thus the plane rolls on and on into the sunset's West,
the hardship here before too long, reveals to you what's best.
And bravely, from a soil of rock, a desert flower does bloom
and sports not any blossom soft, but more a feathery plume
of softened violet. And with it's color rare,
does, with the violet and red rock, a wealth of hues compare.
The golden tufts of desert grass, burnt in the heat of day
does, in the glowing setting sun, present a dazzling way
for travelers to feel relief from city's ugly stings.
And briefly, then, to leave behind materialistic things.
The Gold brush of a desert grass...
Copyright (C) 1987 by Paul A. L. Hall. All rights reserved.
... dots the clay's deep red.