Turquoise river roaring
through rock
so easily eroded
by water and
sunlight
Illuminating liquid like gold
and
cavernous holes
embedded in soft rock
where a waterfall
plunges into a deep pool
of blue that forces
the sandstone
to melt as if running
red hot
and carving its path
through this desert landscape
this Colorado, the colour of the desert.
This dry and desolate land
Where cacti thrive and carcasses lie.
This
strange
place
that exists
in the centre of an exotic
abyss.