ACelebrationOfSilence

 the landscape

is divided into halves

by the linear road ahead

on the road to lake mungo

although the earth is deep red

and the sky is liquid blue

there is a greyness about the vegatation

as if everything is covered 
in an ancient coating 

of spidery fine dust

on the edge of the lake

which has been empty for 15.000 years

is a huge woolshed

which has been empty for probably 

one hundred years

on this raised spot 

i feel as if i am standing on the edge 

of a huge shallow bowl

filled with desert delight

the delight of silence

to be in this tremendous stillness

the lure of the desert

the healer of the spirit

 The soft airbrushed sand of the edge, the lunette, 

of the lake

 the wind carved sculptural forms

of the edge of the lake

 no sooner had the sun set in the west

when the full moon, like a coin, 

appeared from a slot in the horizon

in the east and rose majestically into the darkening sky

where it hung suspended silently,

filled with promise

a small fire at the end of the day

as a companion to enjoy the night sky 

and a single song bird

Ahhhh......

"the pace of happiness is calm"