Dancing with the Devil,
Inciting my darkest fears,
Such moments I am disheveled,
Terror beckons, anxiety calls,
Realizations bring me tears;
Another thing I come to think of,
Captivated to look beyond,
The greatest thing I am afraid of,
Is beginning, is completion; is fulfillment of this bond;
One day, I will be braver,
Not yet, not now; that part of me can blossom later.
About the Creator
Inshallah
Istanbul is a city bristling with life, a place where past and present, sacred and profane, intertwine under the watchful gaze of the Sultan Ahmet Mosque. As I explore this crossroads of cultures with Maya, my nine-year-old niece and the daughter of my late brother-in-law Frank, and my wife Nadia, Frank's sister, I find myself on a journey not just through Istanbul's history, but also into the depths of my own beliefs. Staying with Maya and her mother Elvan, my sister-in-law, I begin to see the city anew through their eyes, and to understand why James Baldwin said it "revived" him.
By Geoffrey Philp 3 days ago in Wander
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