"What will we find there?"

Tell me again
why I am standing in a bitter wind
sand flying all over
and around me


trying to fasten a saddle
on this stubborn camel
trying to keep my goods
from being lost to the desert.


Best robes and turbans
packed and still I wonder
will I really need them
where I am going,


off on some journey
where I am not sure of
what is to be found...
or whom?


There was the dream,
there was the voice that
well, seemed to speak
with such authority,


with such crystal clarity
I could not help myself
but move with purpose
to follow, of all things...


A star, immense,
stunningly bright
the effulgence of which
never have I seen.


Across the open dunes
we wonder, what is beneath
that star...
What will we find there,


some miracle, some treasure
a fortune teller, a prince?
Too early to tell
So we wait...


Wondering...

Catherine+

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