Dunes
dry
desert
golden sands
creosote crossed
~~~~~
mesquite covered dunes
wind reshaped every night
changed breadth and height
erased and ready
~~~~~
for new stories
sand written
memoirs
myths
telling
creation
what’s really true
~~~~~
in opposition
to the emptiness of stars
the dreams that once were ours
over dry landscape
~~~~~
lonely bereft
recalling
desert
time
slowly
battling
against passing
~~~~~
harsh sunshine moments
in day’s exquisite stillness
it’s not the heat that kills us
but confusion
~~~~~
and struggling
with a world
that doesn’t
care
Mark A. Fisher is a writer, poet, and playwright living in Tehachapi, CA. His poetry has appeared in: Reliquiae, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review, and many other places. His first chapbook, drifter, is available from Amazon. His poem “there are fossils” (originally published in Silver Blade) came in second in the 2020 Dwarf Stars Speculative Poetry Competition. His plays have appeared on California stages in Pine Mountain Club, Tehachapi, Bakersfield, and Hayward. His play “Moon Rabbit” won Audience Favorite at the Stillwater Oklahoma Short Play Festival in 2023. He has also won cooking ribbons at the Kern County Fair.
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