Spring in the Desert

The desert tree
soaks its roots
in the parched earth,
looking to the vast sky
that holds all,
watching birds
traverse thousands of miles
to rest on its branches,
trembling as the wind
ruffles its brittle leaves,
stirring it from the stillness,
born from being alone.

Seeing the world
with new eyes -
a desert transformed
into an oasis,
standing tall
with a deep knowing
that spring is
just around the corner,
it soaks its roots
deeper into the earth,
that's cracking open
to hold the rain.