Desert Dweller

You can dream and plan all you want,
but there is no map.
There is no chart that accounts
for the dry spring, the flash flood,
the extra miles you didn’t mean to hike.

No one knows for certain
who they will be
when they reach the other side.

Between the person you are
and the person you will become,
something unforeseen will unfold.

© 2026 Bruno Talerico
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