All these years, rain fails to land
No more crops ever stand green
The land is so broken, the drought is so hard
Only the salt that’s left for the soul to rot

Years have passed, and no drops from the sky
Hope was fading like a sunset light
The blazing sun was like a sharp silver needle
Gone was the skin and only the bones were left

When I thought the land was lost
I could see no more of the future
Seen was a delight that my eyes could not believe
What is darker than a moonless night

Her eyes were black all right, but
Can her floor-sweeping hair justify
No more light I have seen anywhere else
Her soul glowed like a thousand moons

Her smile that wrapped her lips so gently
Sure, I knew for it could bring all the joy
I asked, but not with the words
She granted a wish as a goddess would

Brought her back to the Salt Desert, I did
When she arrived at my village, starved
The rain that had gone for so many years
Came to see the love that had just sparked

Inspired by the story Love Across The Salt Desert by Keki N. Daruwalla