Endure

ENDURE

-verb

1. to undergo (hardship, strain, privation, etc.) without yielding; bear

2. (trans.) to permit or tolerate

3. (intr.) to last or continue to exist

We struggle

Enduring rain

For the sake of puddles

And a mirror sight

Inhabit

INHABIT

-verb

1. (trans.) to live or dwell in; occupy

2. (intr.) (archaic) to abide or dwell

Light and colours

Used to inhabit these walls

Now left to mourn

On a dual carriageway

Arenicolous

ARENICOLOUS

-adj.

growing or living in sand or sandy places

This is nothing

Like we imagined

Lights flicker changing our perception

Arenicolous dreams blown in through the cracks

Is this darkness

Or utter light?

Verdant

VERDANT

-adj.

1. covered with green vegetation

2. (of plants, etc.) green in colour

3. immature or unsophisticated; green

Not quite as verdant

As its colour would suggest:

Avocado, pistachios, and Dover crab