We are not from here
These realms of hellish facade
I am heavenly
As are you
Regardless of what they tell you
Regardless whether its the A or B team
We play for the same team
And walk around the same drum
As we drop from clouds and seep through
Earthly clay
And through the velvet
Elegantly trimmed curtains as we play Shakespeare's men
And women
The celestial is where we come from
In both tenses
We sit and marvel at wonders of the Mother
And rightly so as we glorify the Source
Who may produce His brilliance through many a means
Which means
Dubai is no Manhattan
But the Nile remains the Nile and the Amazon the Amazon
Rivers which we swam in before
The skill itself left us
Wanting and panting for breath like fish
Who leave the sea
If we could only see
That all the water in every glorious depth
was within us and running through our veins
Since the days we were born.
