CAMEL DREAMING

“The camel is a symbol of stamina, patience, endurance, and reaching long-term goals. ... Dreaming of a camel represents the need to work very hard and persistently to overcome obstacles to reach your goal.” - sleep culture

 

“There is no straw heavy enough to break a camel's back.

He is invincible. He is the ship of the desert that will not let you down.” - AP

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tkUY_GAJh0

DESERT DREAM – OMAR AKRAM

 

I am a Bactrian Camel

oh yes, I'll have you know

my weight is borne equally

on my third and fourth toes

I am an even-toed ungulate

or so the story goes

 

I am far superior to

the one-humped dromedary

I'm from ancient Bactria;

I'm kind and soft and hairy

my fur is like a teddy bear,

but don't cuddle me; be wary!

 

I am silky soft like my ancestors

who travelled the Silk Road

climbing up high mountains;

cold; carrying their heavy load

or moving across inhospitable deserts;

screeching in camel code

 

I am feeling very lazy today

relaxing in the rain

it's stopped a little while;

these tourists are such a pain

leaning out their windows

taking my portrait again and again

 

I am sighing with contentment

as they pass me by

there is no resentment;

I pretend to them I'm shy

showing them the back of me;

well that's as much as I can try

 

I doze; I dream; I long to be

in the silence of the night

but oh those shrieking jackanapes

now hidden from my sight

I fall asleep at last and wait

for the new dawn to break light.

 

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