What's Out There?

Tell me again why I stand in a bitter wind, sand swirling all around me in this pen, trying to fasten a load on this stubborn camel, trying to keep my goods from being lost on the road.  My best robes and favorite turban packed and still I wonder, will I really need them where I am going?  Off on some journey where I am not sure of what's to be found... or whom?

There was the dream, there was the voice that spoke with such authority, with such crystal clarity I couldn't help myself but move with purpose to follow, of all things... a star.  Immense, stunningly bright, the radiance of which I've never seen!

Across the open dunes we wonder, what's beneath that star?  What will we find there?  Some miracle?  Some treasure?  A fortune teller, a prince?  Too early to tell, so we wait...

Wondering...