" The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere,

they're in each other all along."

From Essential Rumi

by Coleman Barks


Tuesday, July 5, 2011

[That moment]

That moment
when a tear fell off my cheek
for I’ve missed your kiss
contained a universe within:
someone’s joy and laughter
someone’s bliss
someone’s hatred
someone making love
someone’s cries of pain
someone’s birth
someone’s last breath
someone whispering the name
of the one they love
sunrise and sunset
raindrops and tears
war and peace
reflected within that moment
when I smiled
thinking about your lips
touching mine
and a tear fell off my cheek.