FEZ

Helib! Helib !

The Moroccan Farmer yells
within Fez's Fortress city walls
to sell his milk...
Soon the Mullah
will call all to prayer

As an Anthropologist
student
doing a project
I found myself 
though in modern day
taken back to ancient
times
where family
was gold, 
negotiations
began by directly looking 
into the eyes,
and structure
was tightly
woven
from'
cultural
expectations

The journey
began
with the
belief
that the
writer
would 
provide 
diverse
insight
to the people
that were met
The journey
ended though
with the 
understanding
that this writer
knew very little
and was given
so much more
than what he
could
ever give
Ethnocentrism
began to fade
while
enlightenment
slowly
seeped 
in...............................