Monday, May 18, 2009

Word Painting 5/18/2009

Open wild prairie and dessert.

The dawn breaks over the horizin, lightening from a pale yellow to an azure blue, awakening the earth yawning and stretching forth with the warming sun.

Open bleary eyes to stumble towards the cool mountain stream. Drink deeply of the waters of life, bathe your face and arms and dry them in the warmth of the sun, just to feel the water evaporate and cool your skin as it goes.

Dress with a purpose, prepare a meal for your keen appitite, hunger pains more sharp from the fresh open air.

Pack your stuff away to set out again, heading towards a goal a vision of Zion.

Sing songs as you go, clasping hands with your friends, follow along in the footsteps of others.

Foot fall after foot fall the sun warms your bonnet. Forming sticky places hot under your clothing, at midday you rest.

To cook a meal in the oppressive heat of the sun, the fire scorching your cheecks as you sit to tend your food. Longingly you think of the stream and the dawn.


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