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Month: May 2019

The Water of Life (5/26/19)

Posted on May 26, 2019May 29, 2019 by Millicent

Once life is ended, God gives another life, a different one.

If this temporary life is annihilated, here is the permanent one:

Love is the Water of Life. Plunge into it.

There is new life in every drop of that sea.

Rubailer (2016), Rubai #3, Page 42.

The Water of Life (5/26/19)
Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Annihilation, Love, Water of Life Leave a comment

As Long As Existence Persists (5/19/19)

Posted on May 19, 2019May 8, 2019 by Millicent

We have seen that time has no beginning of its beginning,

because we are the ones who have fallen in Love.

The others are merely spectators. Continue reading “As Long As Existence Persists (5/19/19)” →

Posted in Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry Tagged Existence, Fire, Love, Nothingness, Sea, The Journey Leave a comment

No One Escapes Me (5/12/19)

Posted on May 12, 2019May 8, 2019 by Millicent

Love for You has killed Turks as well as Arabs.

We are slaves and servants to those martyrs, those generals.

Love for You is saying, “No one escapes Me. I own all souls.”

He is right, O heart. Quit playing.

Rubailer (2016), Page 40, Rubai #4.

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Annihilation, Heart, Love Leave a comment

Love is… (5/5/19)

Posted on May 5, 2019May 2, 2019 by Millicent

Love is flying to the sky

and tearing hundreds of curtains.

 

Love is to be free from the self in the first breath,

to be lifted above the feet from the first step. Continue reading “Love is… (5/5/19)” →

Posted in Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry Tagged Annihilation, Existence, Heart, Language of the Mute, Love Leave a comment

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