CAMAS

Round and round
             We danced together.
Hot and biting.
                Twirling.
                              Swirling.
Over rocks and over stubble
Waltzing madly—
             to no music.
Wind and sand in my face.

Faster and faster
             Gasp and laughter
              Twirling.
                           Swirling
Dancing devil at my heels.

In the midst
             of swirling rubble;
arms stretched out
and eyes shut tight
against the wind,
              and dust,
                           and devils.
Slow and Slower,
clear and peaceful.
              Twirling
                            Swirling
             Gone forever.
Dusty Devils
Melt before me;
Back into the thirsty earth.