the rose

by Hafiz

Persia (Iran)

How

did the rose

ever open its heart

and give to this world all of its beauty?

It felt the encouragement of light against its being,

otherwise we all remain too frightened.

divinity

by Shannondoah

As the Sun

rises

So does my 

heart

Seeing with 

rainbow eyes 

i walk anew

Knowing with a 

rainbow heart

i walk anew

Hearing with a

rainbow heart

i walk anew

Loving with a 

rainbow heart

i walk anew

Loving you

within me

i am reborn

mirror

by Mahadeviyakka (India)

When the body becomes Your mirror,

how can it serve?

When the mind becomes Your mind,

what is left to remember?

Once my life is Your gesture,

how can I pray?

When all my awareness is Yours,

what can there be to know?

I became You, Lord, and forgot You.

reminder

by Shannondoah

I carry 

you

within

my 

heart

like 

a

love

song

reminding 

me

to 

remember

singing

me 

Home

to

you

truth

by Lalla

(India)

I went everywhere with longing

in my eyes, until here

in my own house

I felt truth

filling my sight.

doves

by Shannondoah

my heart opens

releasing doves

of 

insight

freedom is always

within

there is a

rainbow

shining

bright inside

each

particle 

of

our

Being

Divinity

is

Love

i love you

sunrise

by William Blake

(England)

He who binds to himself a joy

does the winged life destroy.

But he who kisses the joy as it flies

lives in eternity’s sun rise.