The Way of It

To be kind to you

is my greatest joy

This is amazing!

I am finally Home.

All the more amazing: I never was not.

Is it time wasted, when I think otherwise?

Or does it help me see every part of my life in a most wondrous light?

Please don’t ask me how this planet works

Still not an awkward moment between us.

To lose what I love

is not possible

Being naked

in front of you.

No defense.

Tired, angry, grumpy

in front of you.

No defense.

To die, die, die

in front of you.

That’s my job.

Dropped a pebble on the bottomless bucket

What joy!

Let the lovers be disgraceful, crazy,

absentminded. Someone sober

will worry about things going badly.

Let the lovers be.

Rumi-Translated by Coleman Barks

You remind me

Of everything I like about myself

She “said” yes

She said “maybe”

“She” said no

And not an awkward moment between us