I Walked in a Desert
I Walked in a Desert - meaning Summary
Apparent Desert, Inner Truth
The speaker describes walking in a desert and begging to be taken away, while an answering voice repeatedly insists that the place is not a desert. The poem stages a tension between felt experience and an external correction, suggesting themes of interior desolation, misperception, or spiritual trial. Its brief, repetitive dialogue compresses a moment of doubt and challenge about how reality is named and understood.
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