IN NEED OF BREATH

My Heart
Is an unset jewel
Upon the tender night
Yearning for its dear old friend
The Moon

When the Nameless One debuts again
Ten thousand facets of my being unfurl wings
And reveal such a rediance inside
I enter a realm divine--
I too begin to so sweetly cast light,
Like a Lamp
Through the streets of this World.

My heart is an unset jewel
Upon existence
Waiting for the Friend's touch.

Tonight My heart is an unset ruby
Offered bowed and weeping to the Sky.

I am dying in these cold hours
For the resplendent glance of God

I am dying
Because of a divine remembrance
Of who-- I really am.

Hafiz (Mystic Persian Poet)

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