a particular glows with the universal

[thoreau]

Brother stand the pain;
Escape the poison of your impulses.
The sky will bow to your beauty, if you do.
Learn to light the candle. Rise with the sun.
Turn away from the cave of your sleeping.
That way a thorn expands to a rose.

A particular glows with the universal.

- rumi -

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[ursaloco2.livejournal.com]

SOME FILL WITH EACH GOOD RAIN

There are different wells within your heart.
Some fill with each good rain,
Others are far too deep for that.

In one well
You have just a few precious cups of water,
That "love" is literally something of yourself,
It can grow as slow as a diamond
If it is lost.

Your love
Should never be offered to the mouth of a
Stranger,
Only to someone
Who has the valor and daring
To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife
Then weave them into a blanket
To protect you.

There are different wells within us.
Some fill with each good rain,
Others are far, far too deep
For that.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

gorgeous

[ursaloco2.livejournal.com]

One of my favorites...forgot to mention it's Daniel Ladinsky's "translation" of Hafiz.

And, appropriate because...having never even met you, I can say that I'd cut part of my soul away to makea blanket for you. :-)