Shamaat

This was not the end of who we were

Or the birth of who we would become

It was change

Unification

But also revelation

The foreign fire diminished

Skin to human skin

And breath by breath we built civilization

Raised monuments and industry and kings

And tore them down

Dust to dust

And the wilderness was gone

The demon tamed

The otherworldly bridled

A voice cried out in the wilderness

And all it said was LOVE