desert rose

dissolving

rugged desert rose

hardened through survival

periwinkle nonetheless

blooming

inside the void

---

no facets

in here

I feel

inane

insurgent imperishable

roots dig in

sear ground

absorbing

lush vigor

remaining steady

---

fragile drifting

without belonging

I’m disconnected

strong trunks

adapted smoothly

to the rough peripheral

of drought

of deficit

growing

---

drained

I’m losing

my outlines

dissolving

shaping

iridescent blossoms

contradict bias

a gentle breeze

softly sweeps

delicate petals

---

I’m stuck

muted

behind a facade

of extroversion

spirals of

emerald flowers

expanding to the

steel blue sky

soaking in

glistening dips

of sunlight

---

rupture

the porous haze

-

I will

-

bloom

in succulence

-

against

all odds