To a friend that I briefly met

I've heard you are from the city of wind

That's how

You people come and go

Welcome to the Equator!

Please be gentle to trees,

and be careful of durians!

The eternal sun bakes the wildness

Once I merge into the divine

My memory levitates as nothingness in the air

When qawwali touches your toes

You may recall the moment

Watching the endless summer growing on the hoe

Let it penetrate through you like a flood!

If you are in a town of India
where almost anything can happen but nothing is predictable
Just hold your passport tight
Let the heat and crowd penetrate through you like a flood!

If you are in a street of Spain
where celebrations can arrive anytime
Just dance and become the rhythm itself
Let the sudden joy penetrate through you like a flood!


If you are in any place of China
where you by accident turn on a television at 7pm
Just stare at the figures and text moving on the screen
Let the immortality penetrate through you like a flood!


If you are in a remote village of Bangladesh
where nobody speaks anything that you can understand
Just open your eyes and dive down to the essence of life
Let the primitiveness in the mud penetrate through you like a flood!


If you are in the seashore in Portugal
where you may get lost and can hardly find any human being
Just follow the coastline of the vast Atlantic
Let any magical emergence behind the fog penetrate through you like a flood!


If you are in the garden city of Singapore
where everything is so clean and safe
Just stretch your legs and open your arms
Let the lush and tropical rain penetrate through you like a flood!

If you are in a dessert in Jordan
where the wind is warm and the sand is soft
Just lie down and cover yourself by the moonlight
Let the absolute silence penetrate through you like a flood!


If you are in a town of Israel
where you may encounter any layer of history
Just walk towards the west until you meet the sea
Let the sunset over Mediterranean penetrate through you like a flood!


If you are in a sophisticated city in US
where you find only one dollar in your pocket
Go to a restaurant and breathe deep
Let the real touch of hunger penetrate through you like a flood!

If you are in a mountain on the earth
where you get trapped and cannot move a single inch
Just stay still and feel the existence of your body
Let the acceptance of life or death penetrate through you like a flood!