A Poem For Today - We can't help being thirsty

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We can't help being thirsty,

moving toward the voice of water.

 

Milk drinkers draw close to the mother

Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Shamans,

everyone hears the intelligent sound

and moves, with thirst, to meet it.

 

Clean your ears. Don't listen

for something you've heard before.

 

Invisible camel bells,

slight footfalls in sand.

 

Almost in sight! The first word they call out

will be the last word of our last poem.

 

Jalaluddin Rumi

Translation Coleman Barks

 

 

 

[Mark Lesseraux]

Good One 🐫🔔

Thank You 😄

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[johnja...@gmail.com]

Kinda hard to go wrong with these Mystic types. Except the Mystery is actually the Open Secret.

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"the path to heaven

 doesn’t lie down in flat miles.

 It’s in the imagination

 with which you perceive this world,

 and the gestures with which you honor it.”

- Mary Oliver

Jai (John) Conley

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