Desert Afternoon Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Rushing into a desert afternoon, music taking itself
completely over this landscape, never tiring of it's
intense beauty.

Living in the midst of it's innate knowledge and wisdom,
capturing and nourishing this environment through poetry
as I continue to listen to rhythms.

Energizing me constantly, a tempting and exuberant way
to start and end each day, never letting it sag or fade,
music completely keeping it from waning at all.

Selecting automatically from within intellect, words,
meanings and definitions that look and sound well to=
gether.

Blocking out all things, concentrating upon rhythms,
tempos and notes, letting them take me away, finding
peace and serenity filling me fully.

An emptiness always hiding inside, with an insatiable
appetite, always ready for more to fill it, hoping to
numb it so as not to feel it anymore.