Petals among the sands

Her eyes
were void joy's flowers,
wilted by betrayal
and sorrow.

Heart turned barren,
sands of sadness
forming drifts
across her soul.

Love's rainstorm
came from his hands
that also had languished
in an arid wilderness
of despair.

Together,
passion's garden blossomed
within their desert,
affection's unfamiliar petals
bringing ecstasy,
sun warming
instead of baking
their lives.