The Heart of the Matter
July 16, 2009
RUMI: Inside This New Love

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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.


Thanks to Janet Wallace for forwarding the poem.

Photo by Joyful Revery

Posted by Mitch Ditkoff at July 16, 2009 11:16 PM

Comments

I love Rumi, I love Janet and may be I have room ennough to love you but it is so difficaut to wrtie comments in tour posts and I am so tired...

Posted by: blancaoraa [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 17, 2008 09:19 AM

Excellent! Keep it coming! A breath of fresh air on a scorchingly hot summer day in the high plains out West!
Thanks for sharing Rumi!
Remember His: "Gamble everything for Love!"?
Yes!

Posted by: j bhutu-ji [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 16, 2009 08:21 PM

Excellent! Keep it coming! A breath of fresh air on a scorchingly hot summer day in the high plains out West!
Thanks for sharing Rumi!
Remember His: "Gamble everything for Love!"?
Yes!

Posted by: j bhutu-ji [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 16, 2009 08:21 PM

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