Desert hills hover
An indigo shadow
Caught in the twilight
Drifting, they float in the vanishing light
I sit on the pindan earth
Between Boy and Girl hill
Immersed in spinifex and wattle
A sea of yellow grass
Night draws the last ribbons of light
Into the horizon
Soothing the russet memory of day
Into hushing silence
Revision 14/08/2016:
Desert hills hover over an indigo shadow,
Caught in the coming night as they drift and
Float in the fading light.
Spinifex and wattle are sparse.
I sit in the dust
On the pindan track
That divides a sea of yellow grass.
I lie on my back and
Surrender to the inescapable blue
As twilight pulls the sun's final streams
Into the hushing horizon
And turns the sky to dusk.
Old version:
Desert hills hover over an indigo shadow,
Caught in the coming night as they drift and
Float in the fading light.
Spinifex and wattle are sparse.
I sit in the dust; on the road that is red sand
Surrounded by a sea of yellow grass.
I lie on my back and surrender to the inescapable blue,
As twilight pulls the sun's final streams into the hushing horizon
and turns the sky to dusk.