Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Wallflower peace

Wallflower peace                                                                                        

I’ve got this song stuck in my head.
It’s got a good beat.  I give it a 95.

When will I cease dancing to its tune?
Get caught up instead in the silence of my Lord?
 
Trade in these irksome gyrations
for the wallflower peace

of obeisance and remembrance;
quit the cotillion irrevocably

for my Lord’s chamber. 
Have us there a marathon

here-and-now heart to heart,
me folded up securely at His feet,

silent and rapt, enchanted
by His ancient song of love.

O child of God, do not absent yourself
for a moment, advised Hafiz.

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