Ararat

An effigy standing amidst the landscape
Bold, sullen, mystifying and embracing
A witness to the terrors of the new century
A mother to the civilization of the old millennium

So much rumors, so little doubt
What great reverence, the hope of many

Little men playing with rocks
A cup of tea and a spoonful of honey
Warmth of the day, peace at heart

Once a guardhouse of a doomed prison
1.1 million lives made lost at its foothills
Claimed for its prized possession in holiness
The Ark of Genesis and the verses of Muhammad

The things people do for a line on a map