Monday, August 25, 2025

All Rivers At Once


Don't unstring the bow.
I am your four-feathered arrow
 that has not been used yet. 

 I am a strong knifeblade word,
 not some if or maybe,
 dissolving in air.

I am sunlight slicing the dark.
 Who made this night?
 A forge deep in the earth-mud.

 What is the body?
 Endurance. 

What is love? 
Gratitude. 

 What is hidden in our chests?
 Laughter. 

 What else?
 Compassion.

 --Rumi

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