The cold desert

Far far away where the eye can reach,

an ocean of snow, nothing else but snow. 

Cold it is, so cold that no tree bears a fresh leaf. 

All of them have dried off and fallen away. 

The breeze colder than Ice, freezes the blood. 

To flap a wing, a bird does not dare,

 to venture into the cold desert the feathers cannot bear. 

There is no food around, only solid water everywhere. 

Water that cannot quench a thirst 

Alike the ego, that never quenches itself. 

it conquers the mind and freezes the thought. 

A pride so cold, bars the friend and family, 

deserting all relations that slowly part away. 

Ultimately... alone remains the ego, 

 no one ever tries to befriend it . 

All that remains is self and nothing else, 

cold and alone just like a cold desert.