Eternal Longing

I wander in the wilderness
sand saturated
streamless silence
sciroccos swirling

Water? Where?
Will I ever gaze on the Garden?

Ringed by rivers - cool and comforting
filled with fruit
longing for a leaf from a limb of life's tree
Eden evades
deserts drain
Paradise promised

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
Revelation 22:1-2