Thursday, August 23, 2012

A Poem for Thursday: "Quietness" - Rumi


Quietness
Inside this new love, die.
Your way begins on the other side.
Become the sky.
Take an axe to the prison wall.
Escape. Walk out
like someone suddenly born into color.
Do it now.
You're covered with thick cloud.
Slide out the side. Die,
and be quiet. Quietness is the surest 
sign that you've died.
Your old life was a frantic running
from silence.

The speechless full moon comes out now.

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