Journey to Mecca

Once in a life time pilgrimage to Mecca

Growing to a man and embracing my life.

My commitment to Allah, a journey begins with no strife.

Once in a lifetime, a pilgrimage to Mecca must be the end,

To my commitment to my religion and forgiveness of sin.

Number 7 has meaning as the journey begins.

First stop Medina, as I seek out peace.

Hajj station to Bath, dress in the Ihram.

Praying at Masjid Nabawi, purity, equality for all.

A statement of intent, I commit to all.

Entry to Masjid al-Haram complex is now allowed.

Circling seven times Kaaba as I pray to God.

Sipping water from Zam Zam to keep the law.

Walk through the hills of Safa and Marwa times seven,

Where I pray seven times more.

Prayers along the way to my God,

At Mount Arafat then other sacred sites.

Kneeling down to pray to Allah, Day and night.

Sleeping the night with 5 million strong,

Then rise up to stone the devil to atone,

Shaving head for cleansing, showing respect for God.

Sacrifice lambs to feed the poor.

Onward to Mecca, back once more.

Circle Kaaba, pray to my God

Repeating Tawaf on each turn of seven and no more.

Circle Safa, Marwa then on to Mina.

On to Mecca again for more prayers to my God

Enter Makkah performing Hajj,

Before the faithful return to Mecca on seven then do a farewell Tawaf.

Author's Note

A friend made his once in a lifetime journey to Mecca last year. I wanted to write something to remember is trip. Yes it may not meet all poetic rules, but it tells of his journey.
This is one of the few times I have used someone else's photo.

Reviews

[KWP]

yeah wow incredible journey that one ... can you just imagine being in there amoungst all those people to make the final circle around .. sleeping on the ground, making new lifelong friends, all sharing a common bond, sharing stories and the universal spirit of love ...

you may want to separate the lines a bit to make it easier to read :)

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[Willard Wells]

This was a gift to my friend that made the journey and the lay out and spacing was based originally on printing it with the picture as you see here and then framed. I may look at it and space it more. The other issue is I generally don't write piece of this length in poetic form.

Thank you so much for reading and commenting on my work.

[KWP]

oh that's much easier on the eyes :) X

[Willard Wells]

I also was not sure that it was not just small on my computer. I tried to change it here and it just would not work. Lost all formatting for the most part. So off line, correct and replace. Thanks for the nudge, I needed it. I knew there was a good reason for you to read it.

[Cherry Pepperweb]

I've heard so much about this journey. It's quite something. Well done.

[Willard Wells]

Thank you so much for your time and words. I learned a great deal in writing this too.

[Cherry Pepperweb]

You're very welcome. :)

[Chirag Kumar]

Wow.! I felt as if I was there in Mecca. Nice poem Willard :)

[Willard Wells]

Thank you so much Chirag. After discussions of the journey my friend took I wanted to provide something of a remembrance of this once in a lifetime event. I printed and framed it for him as a gift. I am so happy you enjoyed it.

[Chirag Kumar]

This is one of the best gifts one can ever have. Your friend is lucky :)