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this body is a rose rumi day 28/365

January 31, 2021

This body is a rose” Each form you see has its unseen archetype. If the form is transient, its essence is eternal. If you have known beauty in a face or wisdom in a word, let this counsel your heart: what perishes is not real. Since the springhead is timeless, its branches refresh. Since neither can cease, what is the cause of your sorrow? Think of the soul as source and created things as springs. While the source exists, the springs continually flow. Empty your head of grief and drink from the stream. Don’t think of it failing— this water is endless. From the moment you came into the manifest world, a ladder was offered for your escape. From mineral substance you became a living plant, and later a roving animal. Is this a secret? Afterwards, as a human being, you developed reason, consciousness, faith. See how this body has risen from the dust like a rose? When you have surpassed the human state, your angelic nature will unfold in a world beyond this world. Surp...

day 27/365 days of poems

January 29, 2021

day 26/365. remember

January 28, 2021

Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star's stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. Remember the sun's birth at dawn, that is the strongest point of time. Remember sundown and the giving away to night. Remember your birth, how your mother struggled to give you form and breath. You are evidence of her life, and her mother's, and hers. Remember your father. He is your life, also. Remember the earth whose skin you are: red earth, black earth, yellow earth, white earth brown earth, we are earth. Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their tribes, their families, their histories, too. Talk to them, listen to them. They are alive poems. Remember the wind. Remember her voice. She knows the origin of this universe. Remember you are all people and all people are you. Remember you are this universe and this universe is you. Remember all is in motion, is growing, is you. Remember language comes from this. Remember the dance language is, that ...