The rise & fall
of desert slopes
is like the hump
of the dromedary.
Their textured inclines
take effort to climb.
The peak of one
promises a swift and easy ride.
While the other
a view of endless, sandy tides.
When their windswept bones were found, some years later, facing apart with som distance between them, the rest of the herd could never figure out how these two, who had been so much in love, could end up in such a way.
The answer, had it ever been discovered, was simpler than they could ever imagine. Indeed, these two were a tragedy, and it never needed to happen. All Arnold ever needed to do was stop to ask directions.