Lightness

And

For no reason

I start skipping like a child.

And

For no reason

I turn into a leaf

That is carried so high

I kiss the Sun's mouth

And dissolve.

And

For no reason

A thousand birds

Choose my head for a conference table,

Start passing their

Cups of wine

And their wild songbooks all around.

And

For every reason in existence

I begin to eternally,

To eternally laugh and love!

When I turn into a leaf

And start dancing,

I run to kiss our beautiful Friend

And I dissolve in the Truth

That I Am.

Hafiz

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It seems

I have to have a reason

To be happy

It seems I have to have a reason

To be content

With who I am

Wealth

Power

Success

Titles

Love

Intimacy

Adoration

Bring it on

All those provisos

With which I must surround myself

In order to lift my head

And crow

“I am King of the World!”

Or perhaps

Merely

“I am OK”

So much energy goes into collecting

Grasping

Fusing

With these things

And they are

So

Heavy

So burdened one simply cannot dance

And yet life is the dance

Ah

May I find lightness

And walk with the unencumbered

Step of a child

May I be so buoyant

That I rise

Lost in the unfathomable sky

Lost in the greatness of it all

Lost in the greatness of the Sacred

So lost

That I am found