Take Heart

 

Merge with your doubt.

Drown in bewilderment.

Though the non-existent
past and future
are 

too heavy to bear,

take heart.

This empty sky
fills every atom
of bone and flower,
the stone in the path,
the eye of the ornamental owl

guarding the gates
of an abandoned sanatorium.

At home with loss,
you too are weightless,
a golden mountain

dancing in the void.

Ever moved by the stillness

of your Mother's breath,

just fall into dancing and sing,
"I don't know!"


Portrait of Hafiz by Bahman Farshchian

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