To the Protector of the Desert…
Free Verse
Sphinx,
Oh, Ruler of the desert!
With the same equanimity
please accept my humble greetings.
Desert is you,
And you are the desert.
To the Bedouins,
you are father of terror,
But without you
desert will be a loner.
Civilizations have risen,
Kingdoms have fallen,
You have been the silent witness
for ages,
Yet nothing could erase
the gentle smile of yours.
I wonder,
What’s the true purpose
of your being?
Are you conversing with silence?
About something that’s beyond
simple understanding?
Or are you just teasing the emptiness?
Like you’ve been doing for centuries?
Your very presence blows
my soul and imagination,
while your splendour making me
kneel in front of you,
Spontaneously you become
the center of my contemplation,
Yet, no matter what I am to you,
Just embrace being a devotee
who bows down to you.
Time will flow
and the nations will change,
More pilgrims will arrive
and the old trails will be erased,
They will recite the holy words
trying to draw the attention of yours,
Yet, you will remain the same
while hiding eternity within yourself.
