desert (phoenix)

Deep in the heart of the desert
Lies a place of no return
Until you do

Earth has seen all of the sun
Since my first visit
Since my last visit here
When with a full heart
And an empty womb
I buried a promise in its tomb

Which lies hidden far below
The surface of where such places go
I left it wrapped in blood, in skin
And returned to what had been
Home

Yet home had changed
Home was gone;
It took a full year
To come back here
And find where I belong

Now, with a heart as empty
As my full, swollen belly
I start digging
And digging
And digging

Until, covered in dirt
(The blood-red black
Of a vintage Shiraz)
I uncover the gold
Within all that hurt

The promise of
My long lost treasure:
A child begotten
With so much pleasure
By my own forgotten
Other

Mother

Who rises and gives birth
To a new dawn on earth

Mum,

A gentle pat on the bum

Crying,
I am LIFE

Born deep in the heart
Of the desert
At a place of no return