He wiped the sweat off his forehead basked in the bittersweet heat
And with sand he made himself a bed.
He arose again amidst the dark
On a new journey, he would embark
He traversed the infinite dunes and soon
Would find an object so huge and stark.
His pupils widened to carefully capture
Every detail of this curious encounter
“Lub dub Lub dub” screamed his heart
And his soul was in a perfect rapture.
The mystery of that box took his mind
Captive in its cage and hopeless to find
Answers to his queries, answers behind
The wonders within its insides confined.
The blue crescent began to grow again
Yet the box remained intact
The boy had to finally succumb
To the eerily painful fact.
As those thoughts roamed his mind
The curious object began to bloom
But upon inspection, the truth loomed
After all that pain, the box was empty inside.
Yazeed Alroogi is a university student from Jeddah. He sees writing as a fulfilling medium to pour out thoughts and emotions in order to decipher them. Follow him on Twitter for more of his work.
