Love is on the roof

[UndertheOcean]

Wash in the wisdom-water,so you will have no regrets
about the time here.

Love is the vital core of the soul,
and of all you see,only love is infinite.

Your non-existence before you were born
is in the sky in the east.

Your death is the western horizon,
with you here between.

The way leads neither east nor west,
but in.

Test your love-wings and make them strong.
Forget the idea of religious ladders.
Love is on the roof.Your senses are watersprouts.

Drink rain directly off the roof.
Watersprouts are easily damaged.
and often must be replaced.

Say this poem in your chest.
Don't worry about how it sounds
going through your mouth.

A human body is a bow.
Breathing and speech are arrows.

When the quiver and arrows are used up or lost,
there is nothing more for the bow to do.




~ Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207-1273)