In the Desert

by Eden Evergreen

After finding himself an adult amid the rubble of the once-great city of July, Vash was driven out into the desert. At first, he only recalled his earliest childhood. What did he think about, as he wandered in the desert and slowly began to remember only a few scattered details of his prior life? One possibility explored, poetically.

I do not own Trigun / Vash: he belongs to the amazing Mr. Yasuhiro Nightow.

Shortly after July was lost, before he began to remember more than a few tiny bits and pieces of his own life, Vash's thoughts may have looked something like this...

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In the Desert

A sea of sand I see

Endless it seems to me

On it, I may roam free

My life a mystery

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The blazing heat of suns

The weight of packing guns

When folk in towns do shun

My grief then deeply runs

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I'm blamed for lost July

That thought, it makes me cry

So many then did die

No memories have I

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Though, briefly, I've made friends

Too soon, it always ends

My head bows, my neck bends

With dust my tears then blend

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Though peace and love I've sown

Neither to me is shown

Therefore, I roam alone

No home to call my own

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Long, dry and dusty road

My weary steps have slowed

All in my bag I've stowed

I bear a heavy load

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The suns begin to set

Though it's no cooler yet

I try, with all I've met

To give and not to get

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Dark dunes of sand I see

Endless they seem to me

On them, I may roam free

My life a mystery