The Umrah

 Image:1 The twin minarets of the Grand Mosque, The Masjidil Haram in Makkah

 Image:2 My darling daughter Azlin in the Grand Mosque in front of the Kaabah

Image:3 The group from NAZA WORLD ably led by En Zakaria, standing 6th from the left. Hank is standing 2nd from the right

Hank was away for 2 weeks to perform the Umrah, a pilgrimage
to the Holy Land.  It was a hectic sojourn of physical endurance.
Other major religions have their own versions of pilgrimage, to the
St Peter’s Basilica, the Ganges and Jerusalem  to name a few.
Hank had gone through a revelation of a journey fulfilled just as much.

It’s a journey of fulfillment tinged with religious rituals and
endurance that are satisfying despite age being a factor. There’re
so many episodes and observations that Hank proposes to
chronicle in a series of postings subsequent to this.

Fulfilling a call
Journey to the Holy Land
With humility

Serious abandon
Prostrating to Godliness
Supplicating self

Abundance to see
Providence’s Greatness first hand
Satisfied yearnings

Written for Haiku Height's Day 21 Open Prompt Sunday