Poetry!
Last year, I admired the wines. This,
I'm wandering inside the red world.
Last year, I gazed at the fire,
This year I'm burnt kabob.
Thirst drove me down to the water
where I drank in the moon's reflection.
Now I am a lion staring up, totally
lost in love with the thing itself.
Don't ask questions about
longing. Look in my face.
Soul drunk, body ruined, these two
sit helpless in a wrecked wagon.
Neither knows how to fix it.
And my heart, I'd say it was more
like a donky sunk in a mudhole,
struggling and miring deeper.
But listen to me: for one moment,
quit being sad. Hear blessings
dropping their blossoms
around you. God.
- Burnt Kabob
Rumi
I'm wandering inside the red world.
Last year, I gazed at the fire,
This year I'm burnt kabob.
Thirst drove me down to the water
where I drank in the moon's reflection.
Now I am a lion staring up, totally
lost in love with the thing itself.
Don't ask questions about
longing. Look in my face.
Soul drunk, body ruined, these two
sit helpless in a wrecked wagon.
Neither knows how to fix it.
And my heart, I'd say it was more
like a donky sunk in a mudhole,
struggling and miring deeper.
But listen to me: for one moment,
quit being sad. Hear blessings
dropping their blossoms
around you. God.
- Burnt Kabob
Rumi