Desert dreamers

We are the desert dreamers

we step closer to death

with every stifled fantasy kept

close to our hearts

and to ourselves

We know ourselves

and hate ourselves

and love ourselves

all the same

Not fitting in the rat race

no claims to fame

no sleight-of-hand games

A life well-lived?

A life certainly lived

wrung out

hung to dry

and take it all in

again and again

I give you my hand

I love you, as you me

but you'll never touch

the fire inside

nor be burned by it

all the same

Desire me not

desire not to know this evil wreckage

of a life

I keep inside

shielded within

ever hidden, buried down

but desert dreamers

cannot hide in the brutal 

brutal heat and white light

We live exposed
in the unforgiving sun

It's truth

it's us

and this is honesty

We cast no shadows

only a lighted way before us

behind us

we are now and never

Us lustful schemers

we know ourselves

we are shamed

and are beaten

but hopeful

all the same

We are dark and glorious

battle ready

love us

love us

we are lightness in the darkness

we are holy

we are darkness

we are victory

all the same