Across the Sea to Egypt
An exerpt from my novel Allauddin.A wanton breeze blows o’er the sea,Far away from his place of birth;A colt unbridled, roaming free,A reckless child of sun and Earth;Forsaking gloom and winter rains,Fleeing the lands devoid of light,Across the lapis tinted plains,O how exuberant his flight!To shores untravelled since the yearsWhen hither the elect of God;Away from servitude and tears,With feet unshackled proudly trod.Here I too stand and gaze with joyUp...