Sandstone

Have you ever  just sat in a lakebed and prayed for rain?
It's as dry as Arizona up here, and twice as hot.
You could pray, and beg, and plead
but you couldn't see a spring if you looked all the way out to the horizon
Thirsty is more than a word.
Thirsty is life.
Thirsty is waking up in the morning and breathing
sucking in dark brown dust
just to calm your burning lungs.

And the last thing a thirsty person wants to hear
is that you're hungry.