Sunday, September 15, 2013

Journey Back


Sand!  Fine, powdery, grainy, coarse, shifting sand as far as the eye could see.  At first glance the line after line of undulating dunes repeated into the distance with mind numbing monotony.  Slowly, as he scanned the area in front of him the various textures and hues appeared in the dip and rise of the landscape.  Here a spot of dull yellow-green, there a rough patch of exposed rock.

He unstopped his water bag and took a drink.  He knew his journey back to sanity would be difficult, but he had not envisioned having to cross such a barren wasteland.

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