7/22/13

In This Desert
By Ashley Suzanne Musick


The only water here
is my tears
so my soul hurts
with unquenchable thirst
as I pursue
mirages of you
in this desert of
unrequited love.


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Ashley Suzanne Musick was born on February 26th, 1989, and raised in Anaheim, California. Currently she lives in rural Kern County, where she lives on her parents’ farm, sells Avon and, in her spare time, writes poetry and short fiction.