Don't Even Answer

If you want to redeem this world,

practice listening.

There is another heart

beating inside your heart,

a rhythmic silence calling,

"Don't even answer,

just breathe love."

Can you hear the pulse

of stillness,

the name of the Friend?

Two syllables

where lovers meet

and the garden of your body

springs from dark loam

into golden bewilderment.

Image: Persian Miniature by Bahman Farshchian