Silence of The Sands

A barren landscape bereft of life Nothing as far as they eye can see Yet something The stones rising sharply from the sands Majestic as they tower above the desert More proud and strong than any castle of Man A fortress Cutting through the air Lording over the desert From their peaks a whole expanse Far as the eye can see A breeze stirs And then builds to a gust Soon a great wind stirs Sand blowing in the wind The little stones beating and battering Swirling, slowly wearing away at the great stones Pulling them down into the sands Claiming them The sun sets on the scorching desert Its rays passing unobstructed through the vastness Its red gold beauty witness for all And seen by none in the empty desert