Saint Julian Press Poet
Ron Starbuck - Author and Poet
RUMI
RUMI
Beginning
in the first moments
after
the Sufi poet Rumi was born
pieces
of him over time, began
dissolving
into all the elements of earth
like
sugar in water, and to this very day
he
is with us still, we breathe his breath
in
the air, we taste his words
in
food grown from our good earth
we
find the essence of his verses
floating
like seeds of light
locked
inside the molecules from his
body
and being in the very water we drink
his
verses when spoken out loud
are
an invocation to the Holy Spirit
they
ripen us like wheat
for
a harvest of the heart
his
words are written inside the chambers of our
hearts
like a holy sacrament, he who searched for
God
the beloved, or Allah if you wish, in church
and
shrine and mosque, to find him finally
tucked
inside the pocket of his own heart
can
we as Christian, Jew, or Muslim
do
any less, to bring an everlasting
peace
unto the world, to be as one.
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