By Eman Hassan
i.
I have traveled so long,
walked the map of 99 names
chiseled along my palms,
traced backs of sand dunes
and followed its calligraphy
I have come all this way
from the past and future I
sprang from the fertile crescent
to the house of Abraham,
have traveled so long
to find you.
You have led me
as you led Abraham
through the desert
to build my own house.
ii.
Beyond
the Illuminated City,
a pebbled moon
reveals itself
in wedges,
as do you
come forth and are
interpreted:
different anthems
for those listening,
each like granite
with one hand
over the heart.
iii.
Once, I went
to the Louvre’s third wing,
saw statues of basalt
and marble, others
in gold leaf,
some with hands
over the heart:
echoes along the annals
of the many.
iv.
I am
in Afghanistan
standing before two Buddha
carved into a sandstone cliff,
faces of the great spirit
imprinted in rock and
mote.
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v.
I have come, again,
come from the Seine
and Mississippi, Tigris
and Euphrates
I have journeyed
down the Nile
to Mecca and el-Ka’aba,
the world’s navel,
to witness 360
manifestations
within it.
I have come
from Diana and Isis
I am
a mirror to the galaxy.
vi.
I Name Them:
Hubal, was father,
Manat, Uzza, Al-Lat,
son and daughters.
Moon God Amm:
I am
the crescent
on the minaret.
vii.
What is the Holy
Why circumambulation
When were the Days of Ignorance
Who are the moistened stones?
viii.
I have come all this way
with my own elixir,
traveled so long
as my own meteor,
past the Kuf’far
and the Believers
to kiss your black stone.
ix.
Allah,
Giver
of rain, we pray
for the blessing
of rain.