Mirage.

Somewhere in the desert lies what I crave.

What I want so desperately 

What i need 

Oh where is it?

Scorched upon dry clay beds?

Buried under rusted dirt?

So close, yet so far.

Neither here, nor there.

I thought I found it. 

I saw it there, hiding in the dusty dunes,

Down by the shore of a long gone bay.

There.

Next to withered shrubs and cacti, I rejoiced.

Many years I had longed to get back what I lost.

I dreamed of this day.

Oh, how I thought it would never come!

Just a few steps ahead,

The search was over

War was over

I found peace,

My peace.

Just a few more steps,

So close now.

I could feel it in my bones.

One more step.

Steps turn to paces, paces to miles.

It slips beyond the horizon.

It was so close.

I was so close.

Why was it all just a mirage?