Rumi

here's a strange frenzy in my head,

of birds flying,each particle circulating on its own.

Is the one I love everywhere?

Don't expect anymore than what you've put in.

Because all that I am is all that you are.

Battered old bucket, dipping in your well.

I found my dreams

but the moon took me away

It lifted me up to the firmament

and suspended me there

I saw how my heart had fallen

on your path

singing a song.

I Am and I Am Not:
I’m drenched

in the flood which has yet to come
I’m tied up in the prison

which has yet to exist
Not having playedthe game of chess

I’m already the checkmate
Not having tasted

a single cup of your wine

I’m already drunk
Not having entered

the battlefield

I’m already wounded and slain
I no longer

know the difference

between image and reality
Like the shadow

I am

And

I am not.