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Tag: Suffering

Someone Is Hidden Here (12/13/15)

Posted on December 13, 2015December 21, 2015 by Millicent
Someone Is Hidden Here (12/13/15)
Someone Is Hidden Here (12/13/15)

Someone is hidden here, holding my skirt.

He bends backward and grabs my hair, keeps pulling me.

 

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Posted in Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry Tagged Absence, Annihilation, Beloved, Divine_Wine, Drunk, Soul, Suffering Leave a comment

We Would Be Annihilated (10/18/15)

Posted on October 18, 2015November 6, 2015 by Millicent
We Would Be Annihilated (10/18/15)
We Would Be Annihilated (10/18/15)

Your kindness comes after sorrow, every time, every moment.

Otherwise, no one could withstand this suffering.

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Posted in Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry Tagged Annihilation, Beloved, Divine_Wine, Nothingness, Suffering Leave a comment

You Are Still Alive (10/11/15)

Posted on October 11, 2015November 5, 2015 by Millicent
You Are Still Alive (10/11/15)
You Are Still Alive (10/11/15)

You are satisfied, but I haven’t had enough of this drink.

I am annihilated, but you are still alive.

The millstone turns and cries quietly

As long as water flows through the canal.

Ergin, Rubailer, V. 1, Page 432

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Annihilation, Life, Suffering Leave a comment
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