Everest in the Kalahari

Arid and barren,
the mind of a thousand thoughts
crawls like scorpions—
arching their savage tails,
puncturing the inner core

Those thoughts plunge
the mind
into delusion

Amid all the commotion,
a sudden epiphany erupts—
an icy blow to that same core

Like a thunderous avalanche
rolling down Everest
in the Kalahari