We Are the Wild Ones in the Desert Lavender

 The giants stomp with thunder-soles,

to crush the world and claim its gold.

They have no truth, they have no grace,

just iron hearts and a hollow face.

But here, where purple shadows lean,

I live a life they’ve never seen.


I dwell within the lavender thicket,

a hidden kingdom, an untouched gem within it.

to them, it’s just a dusty weed,

to me, it’s all the space I need.

A heavy, silver-sweet perfume,

prickly violet stalks that bar their gloom.

Pollen dust like fallen stars,

hiding me from giant wars.


I weave my wings from morning dew,

and stitch the silk of spiders, too.

While giants roar and giants hate,

I laugh at the heavy hand of fate.

They look for me with squinted eyes,

but miss the magic in the skies.

"A flicker of light? A trick of the heat?"

They grumble and pass on heavy feet.

They cannot see what’s small and bright,

a spark of joy in plainest sight.

I am the breath within the bloom,

the secret guest in their desert room.

Mercy is found in the nectar’s sip.

Truth is the dew on a petal’s tip.

Freedom is flying where they cannot go,

while the giants rot in the world below.

Let them be hollow, let them be cold,

I have the purple, the green, and the gold.

A tiny being in a fragrant sea,

invisible, magical, wild, and free.

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