The sand expands across the earth;
His eyes can't see the end.
He craves the tears the clouds supply
To save what death from him will pry
And from this grave ascend.
He still remembers what he said
While bragging to the town.
He'd claimed his strength would let him fly
Above the sands that were so dry
That even death would frown.
He crawls along and hopes he'll live
To see another day.
Lamenting all that he had vowed
In arrogance to please a crowd,
He bows his head to pray.
But faith is not a strength he knows,
And so his words are bare.
Devoid of hope, he stares ahead
And grasps that soon he will be dead,
Which causes him despair.
He then accepts a destiny
That no one can defy.
So now he waits for death to care
And save him from a hungry pair
Of vultures circling high.