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Title: QUIETNESS
Post by: Jennifer- on March 08, 2007, 12:48:29 AM

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QUIETNESS
Rumi; Translated by Coleman Barks

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 clouds.
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.
 

Title: Re: QUIETNESS
Post by: nichi on March 08, 2007, 03:34:38 AM

Quote

. 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.

Yes!  :-*

Title: Re: QUIETNESS
Post by: Jennifer- on March 08, 2007, 05:07:14 AM

 :-*