If Tordesillas were Tur Disaala
And the ‘New World’ were Moorish
Would the yearning have been so tacit
for the treasures of an unknown empire
The sailing ships westward from Al-Ishbuna

Would the gold have been so tainted
Pizarro’s venture to El Dorado
A mosque in Cartagena
And a madrassa dedicated instead
To questioning the value of ‘yellow stones’

If Wounded Knee were Al-Rikba Almu’aafa
Hoh-pong-ge-le-skah
may not have left us
with a void.
Koyaanisqatsi.

Would it be Requerimiento
To accept the Pope’s ‘Holy Faith’
The vanquished slaves of Yucatan
instead as princes in the enclaves
of Gharbiyya

I wonder, if Pocahontas were Abu Qahanta
Would she have been so submissive
as a Powhatan speaking Muslima
Dying not in Kent
But settled, in Matoaka