Exodus

To all those leaving Dubai or another perspective on the global economic downturn

 

The eerie silence

of an empty town

The grey clouds

gathering

in preparation

How many souls

have come and gone from here

All victims of an easy life

The rest on hold

until they reach their

saturation

 

There’s only so much

pleasure

in one life

Then balance comes to play

and makes us choose

those options we’ve avoided

all those years

when comfort was the driving

motivation

 

Yet satisfaction does not please

the soul

in search of higher triumphs

in this mundane life

Don’t fool yourself

It’s only camouflage

When winter comes

and bareness of the trees

reveals  the deprivation

 

What keeps us in this place

Magnificent

When deep within we know

the truth is there?

Our stubbornness, refusal

to believe

that what we do

does not affect the soul?

 

Alone we came

and all alone we leave

And some of us attempt

connection here

but most discover

that our legacy

Is naught

but bitterness and tears

 

The joker laughs

as he peels off his face

You thought your life on earth

was free of charge

But now you see the devil

lies beneath

and I have come to collect

What you owe

 

You’ll pay in kind

through suffering and grief

For all those years

you took

but did not give

And all around you crumbles

Into dust

as Mother Earth cannot sustain

your lust

 

So get down on your knees

and say a prayer

To that false god of comfort

And prepare

to sacrifice your greed

for selflessness

 

And as you use this Earth

more gently

and with care

You will enjoy

the fruits of love

and gratitude

 

18^th April, 2009