The Beginning

The Beginning By Joji Varghese Kuncheria Four decades ago my sojourn started, In my mid - twenties, as to be precise, A journey of a lifetime so joyous, By a lad daring, bold and determined, To perceive, explore and conquer the world, From my land of coconuts and spices, To the horn of Africa full of bliss, Circumspectly moving spellbound and stunned. So it all began in warm Nazareth, In a province of Abyssinia, Arriving on Christmas, the twenty fifth, An hour by bus from Addis Ababa, On a beautiful day of the Sabbath, Journeying through the fields of Injera. ************