Still, there remain aspects unseen
Valleys undiscovered
Some never to be revealed
There was a little breeze, a few roofed camping platforms, so we parked ourselves beneath one while the ’79 Holden Gemini baked out in the sun.
Waving goodbye to Patime, who sold baskets, Zuhra aimlessly made her way across the street, being careful to take in all the sights of the nearly closed marketplace before innocently stopping outside Tahir’s shop.
Graceful intensity
Un-self-conscious confidence
Self-conscious presence
A stillness in her
Like the stutter between stalking steps
Like the moment before the pounce
But they’ve all touched me
I would not be who I am
Without their influence
Whether that passion be God
Or Gaia
An ideal
Or a cause
Beauty
Or love
Sights, sounds, smells
Unlike anywhere else
In a country
Unlike anywhere else
Places where we simply
Are
Places where we simply
Be
Fascinating
How often I find
Places of worship there
Continued from Enveloped.
Impatiently.
A mother knows these things.
And daughters always think they know better,
When they hardly know themselves.
I love the man.
She never understood that.
He is derisive,
Angers easily.
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