Sunday, September 11, 2011

The Scent of Non-Being


Today I feel trapped,
tightly bound in the cage of my own existence.
I need the scent of you -—
beyond time,
beyond being --
to set me free.


So just for a moment
lend me the polish of your grace,
your presence,
so I can scour the rust from the mirror of my heart -—
my own deepest Reality.

—Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawadi

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