Halfway around the world tonight
are the same stars shining for you
is there sand in your shoes
as you leave Agadir
and smelly diesel air behind
peculiar fragrance , that—
but a fragrance there is
for each place unique
on this earth
I wonder how far you will walk
where your journey will take you
within and without
you flew away as one man
who will you be when you return?
exotic places lend you their spices
you will wear them in your heart
precious chimes
carry your song on the desert wind:
tinkling notes that echo
from earth to heaven and back
lingering in the memories
of those whose lives
you warm on your way
