Y/. A Tough Ride Poem by Aufie Zophy
Y/. A Tough Ride
As a traveller I have enjoyed time and again
The green leafy woods and shady paths therein
But this time, there were no woods in my sight
A travel through the desert seemed to be my plight
The heat was excruciatingly hot
My camel moved but speed, it knew not
Every movement, even my breathing
Seemed to make heat exceedingly seething
Every day I met an oasis, sometimes even two
The shade was great and there was fresh water too
I wanted to stop and stay for long
But me and my camel just kept going on
While in the oasis I wanted to think and write and pray
Something quite impossible in the desert heat by day
But my short time there was mostly consumed by sleep
Also quite impossible in the middle of the heat
How I longed to change the desert for the green and leafy woods
How I wanted to enjoy the shadiness and its lovely fruits
Even the savannah was something often on my mind
A trip through there seemed already amazingly kind
I knew that one day the trip through the desert would end
Just for now in the desert I was stuck with the camel as my friend
There was no clear purpose, no real basis
Just traveling in the heat from oasis to oasis
After 6 weeks of sand and sand and heat
The border of the desert did I meet
Now I am truly back in the green and leafy woods
Enjoying my journey on the grassy paths and all their goods
I think i owe some explanation of this poem:
the heat represents the sharp pain of a fractured shoulder;
the short periods that I found a position in which it was not painful were like oases in a desert of pain.
Great imagination goes on spontaneously.Nice picture of life's jouney is here. Wonderful rhyming scheme. I must give 10
I once went through the Negev desert on a camel called Golda. Your poem reminded me of that time. Lovely poem.
Very descriptive, I was transported to the place and after all there was grassy land.
A tough ride indeed it was to be in the sweltering heat that had no mercy. The camel as your only friend and means of travel. Glad you did not see any mirages. We always had a saying beat the heat. You didn't beat it you joined it! Good write I like it.
Beginning Journeys Hiking Travelling the beginning of journeys hiking travelling into nature are so often energetic energy buzzing moments of bliss even hardship of journeys testing... muscles mind can be a blessing shaping character in a persevering mind ever constantly sight learning... Copyright © Terence George Craddock Inspired by the poem 'Y/. A Tough Ride by the poet Aufie Zophy. Dedicated to the poet Aufie Zophy.
'As a traveller I have enjoyed time and again The green leafy woods and shady paths therein But this time, there were no woods in my sight A travel through the desert seemed to be my plight' the beginning of journeys hiking travelling into nature are so often energetic energy buzzing moments of bliss, even hardship of journeys testing muscles mind can be a blessing, shaping character in a perservering mind
Beautiful poem..I will share this one with my friends on Facebook today..
In the desert I rise Stars my companion and guide Chilly night wind my music Horizon my imagination This last drop of water..my treasure! Beautiful write my friend...just recovered from my long illness.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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12/6/2025 6:36:43 PM # 1.0.0
nicely written.. great imagery... wonderful travel with beautiful rhyming...