Ibn Batuta,
took to adventures over land and sea,
strangers doing strange things in strange lands to see.
Ibn Batuta,
returned home to see,
familiar faces doing stranger things in familiar places.
Ibn Batuta,
heart broken and orphaned,
took to the mountain, took to the cave, felling idols and false Gods.
Winter 2023
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Phases of curiosity and disillusionment in Ibn Batuta’s journey!
I loved the contrast in the second stanza “strangers doing strange things” and “familiar faces doing stranger things” suggesting a powerful reversal where home becomes more alien than the foreign lands once explored.
It gives an insight into emotional state and a sense of loss.
This Bhopalan writes... 
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