Adobe

 Minds tied to hands 

Tethered 

Like dirt and water 

Whose combination forms firmament 

Earth and water 

Shaped by hands 

Sacred intention 

Left to harden in the searing desert sun 

Baked by heat 

Man builds a dwelling 

A protection from the harsh natural elements 

Adobe 

A lesson in impermanence 

Of standing as long as we can 

Until the elements reclaim us 

The very things that built us 

Usher in our demise 

Beat down by Sun and rain 

The wind that dried us out 

Now demolishes us in our weakened state 

Into a pile of rubble 

But what beauty lies in our ruin 

A testament of a time we stood in glory