Thursday, February 14, 2013

Escaping to the forest

Some souls have gotten free
of their bodies.  Do you see them?
Open your eyes for those who escape
to meet with other escapees,
whose hearts associate
in a way they have
of leaving their false selves
to live in a truer self.
I don't mind if my companions
wander away for a while.
They will come back
like a smiling drunk...
A nightingale sometimes
flies from a garden
to sing in the forest.

--Rumi

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