DESERT STORM

Alone in the desert

Middle of nowhere

Searching for direction

Leading to LaLa land

Rogue wind blows

Indicating a storm

The mind is in turmoil

Can I hide or run?

The force takes me by surprise

Leaves me gasping for breath

Searching to hold on to something

Preventing my fall down to earth

Wind rips me apart

Layer by layer

There I lay stripped,

Unmasked, with just a prayer

The worst has passed

Revealing my soul

Am I not still here

Without crying foul?

Stone becomes a diamond

Passing through the hell

Character reveals strength

When you come out of shell

Middle of the desert

Lying on the ground

Covered with sand

I have come undone

I stand straight

Head held high

I carry on walking

Without as much as a sigh!