Dancing of Rhinos

By Sarvenaz Ghasemi 


A land of fire and desert cold

That tells a tell like an oak tree old

There is nothing to be seen in this desert land

The sands that cover your blinded eyes

An old man walking in vain

His heart has been bitten by a Cain

No purpose he has in this desert land

He walks in a pattern by a holly command

From his homeland he has been banned


For ages alone he had stand

As he walks in golden sand

His shadow appears and proudly stands

His only companion in these lonely years


Stood by him in laughter and tears

Asked the shadow in the nicest tone

Are you headed to see the rhinos dance on your own?

The old man didn’t say nothing at all

He had put his last word near the palm threes of tall

He walks and walks he fears nothing at all

He had seen monsters and beasts as sky tall

A storm sand comes near by

The old man smiled and look up in sky


 

This is your path to rhinos the shadow said 

Its easy to pass it for a one whose nor live or dead

Through the storm the old man walks

As he holds tight on his pressure box

Its empty yet gives a lot

A hope, a light worth a fight

Over the storm next to a mirage, he sees


Showing to him a thin breeze

rhinos gather at a lake of mirrors

That is poured with golden rivers

He finally sat and saw them do

The holly dance that they always do

His eyes are teared up with nor joy or grief

This is what he has always believed


The shadow appeared and said

I guess this did unload your head


Till tomorrow when the sun awakes again

Your journey starts … starts again in absolute vain

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Sarvenaz Ghasemi is a creative author, short story writer, songwriter, and poet. Her latest work Dancing of rhinos is . She was born on July 15th 1996, and holds an M.A. in English literature. From the age twelve she starter showing interest in writing poetry in both Persian and English. After being professionally trained in the California Institute of art and Wesleyan University, she has been spending all her time focusing on reading and writing literature, her other published works that can be mentioned would be Mad house of Ogden, amourted mind, woken, and the rabbit .

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