..Running Through the streets Screaming,Throwing rocks through windows, Using my own head to ring Great bells, Pulling out my hair, Tearing off my clothes, Tying everything I own To a stick, And setting it on Fire.What else can Hafiz do tonight To celebrate the madness, The joy. Of seeing God Everywhere!-- Hafiz
Let us be like Two falling stars in the day sky. Let no one know of our sublime beauty As we hold hands with God And burnInto a sacred existance that defies - That surpassesEvery description of ecstasy And love.-- Hafiz
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Blood Diamond, Angels in the Dust, Flashdance, Heathers, V for Vendetta.... ..
It Happened Again last night:Love Popped the cork on itself- Splattered my brains Across the Sky.I imagine now for ages Something of Hafiz Will appearTo fall like Stars.
.. .. .. .... .. .. *** Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.When your truth forsakes its shyness, When your fears surrender to your strengths, You will begin to experienceThat all existence Is a teeming sea of infinite life.In a handful of ocean water You could not count all the finely tuned MusiciansWho are acting stoned For very intelligent and sane reasonsAnd of course are becoming extremely sweet And wild.In a handful of the sky and earth, In a handful of God,We cannont count All the ecstatic lovers who are dancing there Behind the mysterious veil.True art reveals there is no void Or darkness.There is no loneliness to the clear-eyed mystic In this luminous, brimming Playful world."The Gift" by Hafiz, translated by Daniel Ladinsky. ..
MLK Jr, Nelson Mandela, bono, Jane Goodall, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Rosa Parks, janet jackson, Paul Farmer, Bill and Melinda Gates, ani difranco, oprah winfrey, angelina jolie, my mom and all my aunts, my grandma, Erica, Cyn, and all the Evaluna girls ---and all the women in developing countries who cook over an open fire everyday of their lives - who suffer and often die from respiratory infections. ............