Bye Bye Dubai

This is it.. time to leave. I'll really miss Dubai, it has been a great experience. Over the past few years it seems like we've grown together. Here's my ode to Dubai ... it had to be in sentimental (albeit rickety) verse.

Ode to Dubai

I covet this glittering jewel in the sand

No task or milestone too big for this land

Tallest tower, Longest marina,

Man made palm seen from the moon.

No mirage this, rather a calculated plan

For the oil may be over soon.

Willingly did I let it seduce

And flashed my wallet to the flimsiest excuse

Flashy red car, oversized IT bag,

Bling bling sunglasses and the latest Jimmy Choos

Little did I care for the blistering heat

So taken was I with the sea view

From my loft apartment, so painstakingly built

By men with mouths to feed and means too few

If Dubai is mine, then a nomad I must be

To follow shifting sands and changing reality

True to its traditions therefore I must be

And move to the next big thing I see

We meet again then, Inshallah

You have been a good and trusted friend

For all journeys pass through the centre of the world

Even if they are to world’s end.