light

Light
Will someday split you open
Even if your life is now a cage,

For a divine seed,
The crown of destiny,
Is hidden and sown on an ancient,
Fertile plain
You hold the title to.

Love will surely bust you wide open
Into an unfettered, blooming new galaxy
Even if your mind is now
A spoiled mule.

A life-giving radiance will come,
The Friend's gratuity will come
O look again within yourself,

For I know you were once the elegant host
To all the marvels in creation.

From a sacred crevice in your body
A bow rises each night

And shoots your soul into God.

~Hafiz

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