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shot of the area around Masada, Dead Sea desert. taken june 20
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Mysteries of Sand
climbing to the top of a gravel black dune
sand turns to rock
snails turn to shells
mysteries of centuries
footsteps turn to questions
DNA turns to intricasies
observation leads to wonder
all that brought me to all this
that unexplained chorus line of ancestry
now a million element mix
me in the middle
claiming the name
holding the power
bearing children
honouring my presence
all this from all that
i eat windy dust
under relentless skies
watermelon slices of years
sweet, wet, fresh
turn to fossilized history
carved, laden with irony