#12
The dervish whirls. A single ney follows
his breath. One colour. One earth.
One sky. One beloved. One love.
Anything more would be an aberration.
How will you fit the abundance
of your need into one moment?
#12
The dervish whirls. A single ney follows
his breath. One colour. One earth.
One sky. One beloved. One love.
Anything more would be an aberration.
How will you fit the abundance
of your need into one moment?
THOUGHT PURGE 
Sorry to be late with this response. Life! Those last lines are so beautiful, Rajani. The task of fitting abundance into a single moment. Oh yes!
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Thanks so much 🙂
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Tight, rapt, and deep into the revolving mound of the Tao. Well done.
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Thanks so much, Brendan.
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By entering into the moment so whole-heartedly as to become one with the moment? But even such a moment cannot continue indefinitely in this world of time – so then, I suppose, by repeating the moment? Beautiful poem, regardless.
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Thanks so much, Rosemary.
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So Beautiful
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Thanks so much.
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The question at the end.. blew me away
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Thanks, namratha.
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Better find a really, really, really big heart… and deep, deep, deep eyeballs. 😀
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Hmm.. that would be quite the treasure hunt!
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Wonderful question that has me spinning!
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Thanks Colleen 🙂
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“A single ney/follows his breath”: That captures this longing for ‘the one’ so well — I love how effortlessly you have emulated the Sufi elements and made them your own in this language and motif. The ending question is for the ages! Wonderful!
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Thanks so much, Anmol. Though it is faraway Tao I am reading, the ideas can only transform the close and the familiar into words. So the concepts distance themselves from the source and embrace the target!
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Lovers often find a way to let their feelings expand and take up all the room available in the time and space they have.
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That’s true… thanks Rommy.
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Indeed, how does one? Lovely ❣️🙏
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Thank you 🙂
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Stellar closing on this one, Rajani!! ❤️
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Thank you, Sanaa 🙂
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Your dervish whirl poem has left me breathless with its brevity and pace – and what a question, Rajani!
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Thanks so much, Kim.
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