i stumbled through the dunes and barren wasteland
the sun had burned my skin and blistered both my hands
six years i spent chasing a dry oasis
hoping to erase familiar faces
i heard stories of forgiveness in the oregon rain
the water would cleanse my soul and melt away my pain
but just as i prepared to leave the scorching heat
i found a wild flower bending at my feet
but amidst the peace my heart had finally found
tangled roots would keep her in the ground
i longed to take the flower north with me
but i left her there, for beauty craved the heat
and i'd swim across a sea of desert sand
if i could rest my head inside your arms again
she showed me beauty where it never used to be
she tore my lies apart and gently bore my honesty
my desert flower