Escaping to Sudan…

Maybe it’s because of the bombing yesterday here in Beirut–or because I’m planning my next trip to Africa–but today I can’t stop thinking about my time in December excavating and exploring in the desert of Sudan…

O lovers, lovers it is time
to set out from the world.
I hear a drum in my soul’s ear
coming from the depths of the stars.

Our camel driver is at work;
the caravan is being readied.
He asks that we forgive him
for the disturbance he has caused us,
He asks why we travelers are asleep…

— Rumi