The winds are violent
Shifting the desert sand
Transforming the landscape
Erasing the footprints and pathways
A totally new landscape appears after the storm
The valleys and hills have shifted
What once was low is high
The hills brought low by force
Direction is now impossible to discern
Only the sun can reveal
Like a hurricane which has removed the landscape
Leaving souls homeless
So does the desert wind
Everything built dismantled
Standing in the aftermath of destruction
The sun rises and sets on the lost souls
Empty and ready for deliverance
A future not expected now must be imagined
Fear having struck the survivors
They await deliverance from an external source
But it must come from within this time
Many sunrises and sunsets come and go
Still the emptiness of grief and longing
Grip the hearts of those devastated
The dark night of the soul turns to weeks
And deep inside a silence ensues
It has been doing its work
All shred of the past has disappeared
Now a fresh slate has been created
Like a canvas ready for the artist it waits
Until the survivors embrace the newness
Until their minds open up
Like a flower ready to receive the dewdrops
The mind must accept and open
Life is a precarious thing
Once the grip of the memories pass
And the expectation of the future appears
The soul receives great vision
Things which otherwise could not be seen
It is a gift to walk so closely with destruction
Bowled over by her power
One can now see the benefits of such tearing down
A fresh start, a new day appears
One such soul waits for the sun to rise over the horizon
With new expectations
With new hope
What will this sunrise reveal
Here it comes
Standing on the top of a rock
Overlooking the sea
This is the spot she came to
A long journey has brought her here
She walked the long road
She climbed high on this hill
Made of rock. she stood upon solid rock
And the power of it resonated in her
Giving her strength
And there it came
The rising of the fire
The sun rose straight into her heart
The artist took the brush
Filled with the colors of life
She reached for the canvas
This new composition
This new life
Is ready to be born
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