Streams in the desert

Sea of Galilee 6 December 2010

For waters shall break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
The burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Is 35: 6-7

When life has steep sides
And thirsty soil,
little of the rain soaks in
It rushes down down through
Remembered pathways
Gathering momentum
- Mt of Olives to Jordan River in but 30 minutes =

Yet somehow this is enough
To sustain whole trees
From one rain time til the next
Their greenness stark against desert hues
Some clumps huddle together
A beginning oasis
In our steep dry lives.