The Abode of Peace - Arif Khudairi

At dawn
walking alone
in the street
as Bandar
Seri Begawan
was asleep
when a call
for prayer
like a green
green bird
flew up
from the slim
snow-like
lofty minaret
of masjid
Omar Ali
Saifuddin
and the air
was filled
so rapidly
with a scent
of taqwa
and a sense
of peace

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Arif Khudairi (born 1948) Egypt
Source: Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
Note: Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque is an Islamic mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei