Among cactuses thorny,
Stand stiff in many,
In a ruthless desert wood,
I try to grow sandalwood!
Among infinite thoughts vain
Ripple endlessly in my mind
Where devotion is desert rain
I try to plant Your name divine! .
Raman Savithiri
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/686-sandalwood-in-desert-281109/