shell songs take the cake
when it comes to the
sands of time…
waves join me in
their melodies
taking me ever
further into
night…
while the
cat
says
no
——
…the bird sits
in the tree
trilling to the sky
and not
to me…
She lives now
for herself
and i believe
she has a point…
TODAY
I
Do not
Want to step so quickly
Over a beautiful line on God’s palm
As I move through the earth’s
Marketplace
Today.
I do not want to touch any object in this world
Without my eyes testifying to the truth
That Everything is
My Beloved.
Something has happened
To my understanding of existence
That now makes my heart always full of wonder
And kindness.
I do not
Want to step so quickly
Over this sacred place on God’s body
That is right beneath your own foot.
As I
dance with
precious life
Today.
**Hafiz**
Persian Poet and Mystic
Bats are in my belfries
My belfries need a lift
My lifter likes another guy
And guys all get me miffed
My miffter makes a lot of noise
I think it needs some juice
My juicer doesn’t even care
If venison or moose.
The wind winds webs around my heart,
calling of long agos and things I cannot tell.
The betweens of you and me
still soft on my tongue.
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