Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

Undulating waves of heat
bending air, rippling vision.
Hovering over, never touching.

Stream meandering dry and parched.
Bouldered edges holding tightly
grains of terra firma.

Tiny, shifting, inching.
Advancing slowly over bedrock, pebbles, bone
mimicking the wet.

Sand transforms to water in an instant.
Flooding, crashing, sweeping over edges
until gone.

Sun's intensity returns.
Sand again resumes the march.
Endless repetitious cycle.

Life is here.
Life is gone.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.