THE TRECK

Step-
      step-
          step

Walking through
orange mountains--
a journey toward
the blue hole,
like shamans through a desert--
except we have beer.

never loosing our sight
of the sea,
I swear, every step
makes the water glow a more magificent blue
as the wind travels through every rock.

Step-
      step-
          step

One of the electric men
from the rocks whispers
through a gust
to trust the path ahead of me.
I take a swig of beer.

Step-
      step-
          step
                              ­                                    **ARRIVAL and RELAXING
                                              
                                                               Subdued
                                                         ­      Subtle
                                                    ­           Serene duet
                                                               between Nephthys and Nuit lulls us
                                                               to rest after a feast of honey tahina
                                                          ­     in a hut with the words "Peace City"
                                                           ­     painted over the kitchen.

                                                               ­                            Silent
                              ­                                                                 ­   Soothing                                            
         ­                                                                 ­                           Solace      
                                                                                  
                                                                                        wondering
                                                  ­                                if Moses was really lost
                                               in a place many might consider  paradise.

                                                               ­                             Saline
                             ­                                                               Sa­phire
                                                      Soul blood pours from mother's veins--
                                                         ­       Dahab/Sinai is a major artery
                                                          ­      of civilization creation, a sacred
                                                          ­     space for those seeking to unplug.

my skin is rotting
don't feel like talking
All I do is scratch my skin till I bleed
listening to the songs you said were bad
I told all my friends that I don't like you anymore
but I lied
still meeting you tomorrow night
hope you don't see my
psychotic flaws
or my medication pills
I got my prescription filled
I tell myself act normal
before meeting up with you
it seems to be working
hope you don't notice
the marks
maybe I should get a tattoo
to cover it all up
I'm slowly drying into the ground
It hurts to breathe in deep
you'll still like me right
a little bit crazy
not too much

Deities of the ancient Near East
Ancient Egyptian: Amun Apis Atum Buchis
Geb Horus Isis Montu Nephthys Nut Osiris
Ptah Ra Set Shu Tefnut Thoth

Arabian: Allah Aglibol Abgal al-Lat al-Qaum
al-‘Uzzá Atarsamain Athtar Baalshamin
Bēl Dhul Khalasa Dushara Hubal Malakbel
Manaf Manāt Nasr Nuha Orotalt Ruda Suwa'
Theandrios Wadd Ya'uq Yaghūth Yarhibol                                      Yatha
Levantine (Canaanite): Adonis Anat Asherah Ashima Astarte Atargatis Attar Baal Berith Chemosh Dagon El Elyon Eshmun Gad Hadad Kothar-wa-Khasis Melqart Moloch Mot Nikkal Qetesh Resheph Shadrafa Shahar Shalim Shapash Yam Yahweh Yarikh Elamite  Inshushinak Jabru Khumban Kiririsha Lahurati Nahundi Napir Ninsusinak Pinikir
Mesopotamian: Abzu/Apsu Adad Amurru An/Anu Anshar Ashur Enki/Ea Enlil Ereshkigal Inanna/Ishtar/Ishtarat Kingu Kishar Lahamu Lahmu Marduk Mummu Nabu Nammu Nanna/Sin Nergal Ningishzida Ninhursag Ninlil Tiamat Utu/Shamash
Religions of the ancient Near East
Anatolia Ancient Egypt Arabia Canaan   Persia
Mesopotamia Sumer Semitic; Ancient Semitic       religion encompasses the
    polytheistic religions of the Semitic peoples
from the ancient Near East and Northeast Africa.
Since the term Semitic itself represents a rough
category when referring to cultures, as opposed
to languages, the definitive bounds of the term
"ancient Semitic religion"  are only approximate.

Semitic traditions   and their pantheons
fall into regional categories: Canaanite religions of the Levant, Sumerian tradition-inspired Assyro-Babylonian religion of Mesopotamia, and Arabian polytheism. Semitic polytheism possibly transitioned into Abrahamic monotheism by way of the god El, whose name "El" is a word for "god" in Hebrew, cognate to Arabic Allah.

Abbreviations: Ac. Akkadian-Babylonian; Ug. Ugaritic;
Pp. Phoenician; Ib. Hebrew; Ar. Arabic; OSA Old South Arabian; Et. Ethiopic

ʼIlu - "god" (Sky god, head of pantheon: Ac. Ilu, Ug. il, Pp. ʼl/Ēlos, Ib. El/Elohim, Ar. Allāh, OSA ʼl).
ʼAṯiratu - (Ilu's wife: Ug. aṯrt, Ib. Ašērāh, OSA ʼṯrt) - The meaning of the name is unknown. She is also called ʼIlatu "goddess" (Ac. Ilat, Pp. ʼlt, Ar. Allāt).
ʻAṯtaru - (God of Fertility: Ug.
ʻṯtr, OSA ʻṯtr, Et. ʻAstar sky god).
ʻAṯtartu - (Goddess of Fertility:
Ac. Ištar, Ug. ʻṯtrt, Pp. ʻštrt / Astarte,
Ib. ʻAštoreṯ). The meaning of the
name is unknown and not related to ʼAṯiratu.
Haddu/Hadadu - (Storm god: Ac.
Adad, Ug. hd, Pp. Adodos). The meaning
of the name is probably "thunderer".
This god is also known as Baʻlu "husband, lord"
(Ac. Bel, Ug. bʻl, Pp. bʻl/Belos, Ib. Baʻal).
Śamšu - "sun" (Sun goddess: Ug. špš, OSA:
šmš, but Ac. Šamaš is a male god).
Wariḫu - "moon" (Moon god: Ug.                                        yrḫ,
Ib. Yārēaḥ, OSA wrḫ).