VERDANDI ORIGINS: MIRAGE

"Mirage"

It shimmers soft, then drifts away,
A promise carved in heat and sway.
So close, so real, yet never near,
A whispered dream that disappears.

A golden glow, a fleeting trace,
The sands of time, yet out of place.
Not false, not real, yet meant to be,
Mirage—the vision calling me.