Seasons In The Desert

Never wanted you to leave 

But glad that you’re gone 

It led to this song 

About heartaches 

And earthquakes 

Tectonic plates 

Shattered my heart 

Yet catapulted me to new heights 

Strange new land 

Foreign to me 

At first it felt barren 

Isolated 

Alone 

That was when I danced  in shadows 

Next came the afterglow 

A new life 

An expanded version of myself 

The land adopted a new look 

Ever evolving with my mood 

Now it feels full 

Accessible 

Inhabited 

It became my new home 

I dance in the sunlight now 

Stealing moments to find who I really am 

My legs are stronger having carried me through

My heart, more open despite being shut down

My spirit is free to roam 

You see I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name 

It felt good to be out of the rain

In the desert you can remember your name

'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain

The sunrises, they’re mine 

I relish in the sunsets 

What we had was atmospheric 

Your love, the drought that desolated the dry plains of my heart 

Windswept 

Bleached 

That’s the state I was in when you abandoned me

Fractured 

Prickly 

Dust and ash filled my lungs 

But I licked my wounds like any good lion 

And the self love that followed was precipitous 

Flooded my being 

Rushed into my life 

Dismantled many of my past beliefs 

I found seasons in the desert 

I bloomed 

Then I fell silent 

I thundered 

Then I snowed 

With each changing era 

I ripened 

Expanded 

Contracted 

Until it all made sense to me  

Came back to my nature 

My own center of gravity 

Life is a circle 

You come back to what you know is truth 

You led me back to me