Nature's Wishes Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Rhythms of the desert, issuing their beats and tempos into
my mind as I watch the sun slowly ease itself into an arm-
chair for some needed rest in this late afternoon.

Cacti wishing for a few more hours of sunlight to keep them
warm from the coldness of a desert night.

Shadows shivering already in the shade, coldness touching
them first, because the sun cannot reach them from around
corners of natural beginnings in lightened daylight.