Bitterness

I crawl across burnt desert sands

Scorched with the fury

Of all the hate I could muster

Acrid dust coats my mouth like poison

I would give anything

For water

I hate you

I hate you

Angry tears evaporate

Long before they hit the ground

I rail at the sky in a voice

Too weak to even startle the flies

That scratch at my blistered lips

I would do anything

For water

I hate you

I hate you

I fall face first into the dirt

And curl broken, bleeding hands into fists

With my last shattered breath

I vow that not even the pain

Will break my stubborn will:

I will never forgive you

Not even for water

I hate you

I hate you

My skin is burned black

Sand stings bloodshot eyes

And burns my lungs

I wash away the desert with my tears

And cold water soothes my face:

I forgive you

I forgive you