RUMI AND OTHER

ONLY BREATH

Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu,

Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen. Not any religion

Or cultural system. I am not from the East

Or the West, not out of the Ocean or up

From the Ground, not natural or ethereal, not

Composed of elements at all. I do not exist

And am not an entity in this world or the next,

Did not descend from Adam and Eve or any

Origin story. My place is placeless, a trace of the

Traceless. Neither body or soul.

I belong to the Beloved, have seen the two

Worlds as one and that one call to know

First, last, outer, inner, only that

Breath breathing human being.

[RUMI] 

WHAT IS LIFE : Red Indian Chief

It is the flash of a butterfly in the night

It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time

It is the little shadow that runs across the grass

And loses itself in the sunset

WHAT IS LIFE  : Ghairo Daniels (Copywrite)

An orange blossom tree in bloom

A silver coin on the pavement twinkling

A strong wind gustling

An answer from God

To a need expressed