Timanfaya Strawberry Moon

once in 

you find phantom lakes
and twisting streams of shadow

as the sun begins to set

turning everything gold here
behind the fire mountains 

i'm sitting on lava rock

still radiating heat 

from the day since past -
and alarmingly to my right

the strawberry moon 

begins to ascend 

the mountains shift

becoming amethyst 

under the grapefruit sky

while we cruise full moon river beds

- the streams and lagoons

of full moonlit silhouette

my hands are still

my lips are dry