Roundabout Dubai

Rebirth

The rains poured this evening from heavens on this desert land, already soaked by weeks of an unusually abundant winter. Large pools of water keep appearing and disappearing between the villas of our compound; and tonight when I took the dog for a late walk, we had to tiptoe our way, as we went around the block. Washed away was the blinding fine dust that swirled everywhere and got into everything as a sand storm raged all day long. I could literally smell the freshness of the air; the dog sniffed and marked new spots of earth and brick and grass. There was this feeling in the air that the world, or at least this small part of it, has been reborn, cleansed, purified and given a new beginning. I felt like we were anonymous witnesses in the secret garden of the night, tempting the stars of the darkness and sharing in the glory of creation. And from the heart of darkness, I could see all the posts to the days and nights ahead…

posted by bandicoot @ 12:10 AM