{"sf1_id":427415,"sf2_id":"214NBKGm","title":"Desert Time","author":"3669AD","words":162,"posted_at":"2012-09-07T05:34:00.000Z","tags":["Death","Desert","Desperation","Drama","Emotional","Fear","First Person","Hiking","Human","Male","Morbid","No-Yiff","Poem","Satire","Suspense","Thought Provoking","Tragedy"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/427415-desert-time","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/214NBKGm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/d0/13/d013a725-91a8-45b9-b9a9-5bb9f8bed4b2","description":"Written by me\nPhoto by me","content":"by\n\nJames Raisanen\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nLost\n\nin an arid, barren\n\nwasteland Abandoned\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nCaravan long gone\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nFor a moment\n\nI glare\n\ninto the blazing\n\nmidday sun.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe world\n\nbecomes-fire!\n\nMetallic saliva\n\nruns down my\n\nthroat, my\n\nmouth is a burlap\n\nsack.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nJust ahead I\n\nignore the cool,\n\nrefreshing oasis.\n\nIt's not the first time\n\nI've seen it.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nTime Passes\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nContinuing on through\n\nsheer exertion\n\nof will.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt is futile\n\nto carry on But\n\nto stop is to die!\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIn this Desert\n\nmost uncaring\n\nHeat cooking my soul\n\nas though I were\n\nin a giant\n\nfrying pan.\n\nNothing here\n\nexists without being ruthless\n\nin the utmost.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nTime Passes\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBefore sundown,\n\nThe bones of another\n\ntraveler is the last\n\nthing I see\n\nSun-bleached bones\n\nthe final part of the body\n\nto decompose\n\nThe vultures,\n\nthey take the choicest bits\n\nAnd\n\nLeave the rest\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nLike the bones\n\nI\n\nMust Persevere!\n\nI\n\nMust See\n\nthe true oasis!\n\n  \n  \n\n"}