Tea with the Wanderers

“Before I loose
My site completely
We must eat together again.”

Said Muhammad
So I made the tea soaked dates
Adding rose water to
Ease the melancholy
Bringing them to
My old friend’s table

We laughed into the night
With old friends
The oud and the mawals
Could you hear them?
In that ancient song
Of the Water Wheel

Turn over turn
Across the Nile
My far reach to you
I knew you’d
Delight in the
Sambusaks and
I smiled

There is no time
In this place
More tea and song

Long after midnight
With Ollin Arageed
We clapped into

Call to Prayer