“Even when a river of tears courses
through this body, the flame of love
cannot be quenched.”
~ Izumi Shikibu
through this body, the flame of love
cannot be quenched.”
~ Izumi Shikibu
You Better Start Kissing Me
Throw away
Your begging bowls at God's door
For I have heard the Beloved
Prefers sweet threatening shouts,
Something on the order of:
Hey, Beloved,
My heart is a raging volcano
of love for you!
You better start kissing me -
Or else!"
Throw away
Your begging bowls at God's door
For I have heard the Beloved
Prefers sweet threatening shouts,
Something on the order of:
Hey, Beloved,
My heart is a raging volcano
of love for you!
You better start kissing me -
Or else!"
Your begging bowls at God's door
For I have heard the Beloved
Prefers sweet threatening shouts,
Something on the order of:
Hey, Beloved,
My heart is a raging volcano
of love for you!
You better start kissing me -
Or else!"
by Hafiz
Buoyancy
Buoyancy
Love has taken away my practices
and filled me with poetry.
I tried to keep quietly repeating,
No strength but yours,
but I couldn’t.
A mountain keeps an echo deep inside itself.
That’s how I hold your voice.
I am scrap wood thrown in your fire,
and quickly reduced to smoke.
I saw you and became empty.
This emptiness, more beautiful than existence,
~Rumi
Love has taken away my practices
No strength but yours,
but I couldn’t.
That’s how I hold your voice.
and quickly reduced to smoke.
I saw you and became empty.
This emptiness, more beautiful than existence,
~Rumi
Wild Nights – Wild Nights!
Wild Nights – Wild Nights!
Were I with thee
Wild Nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile – the Winds –
To a Heart in port –
Done with the Compass –
Done with the Chart!
Rowing in Eden –
Ah, the Sea!
Might I but moor – Tonight –
In Thee!
~Emily Dickinson
Wild Nights should be
Our luxury!
To a Heart in port –
Done with the Compass –
Done with the Chart!
Ah, the Sea!
Might I but moor – Tonight –
In Thee!
