They say every sunrise comes again
and the mandarin blossoms of the Azalea never leave for long
But in the marsian haze of this sandstorm, blowing through empty fingers
all I seem to see are the red shadows of a love long buried
and the echoes of a laugh made distant by the dunes
and I scream it now, loud as the blood in my temples
but it is a lifetime late, and all that answers
is a single strand of mango hair
curling past me through the wind
the same wind that whispers her name, again and again
and again
...and again