I wonder

You went into the desert

and left a dead ten year old tortoise there

I wonder if there was some mystery behind it

And I wonder if you cried

I wonder if your tears

revived the dead sands of time

or if you were thinking about your life.

I wonder if that tortoise was a witness

Of the nights I was honored

to get a little closer to you.

I wonder if the sun awoke you

From some kind of slumber.

I wonder if your car was for a moment

a horse running through the sand and wind

So you could take a friend

To its last good bye.

You went into the dessert

And shed so many layers

Are you still being you

Or is it just the sand that got into your heart?

I wonder if you wonder

I wonder about you.

I'm thinking about thinking about you

You're just like a whirlwind of dust and heat

I can see you running to the dessert

trying to find some old ruins

of who you used to be,

Ozymandias glorious and powerful.

But now only your feet remain

How is it that you are you

Someone so mysterious

Someone so strong but little as a grain of sand

I wonder if you wrote your name

The reflection of mine

In the sand of time

I wonder if your old friend

Was the last witness to account I cherished you

So blindly, so fondly

For the very first time

I wonder if you'll ever find another

Reason to keep smiling

I wonder if the sun illuminated

Your tiger's eyes

I wonder if your eyes were as vivid as they use to be

I wonder if you wondered about me

While you see our names carried away

In the sands of a lonely desert

Where you took a friend to sleep.

DA 2017