[Hafiz] LOOK! I AM A WHALE

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- Joseph Riley

Hafiz

LOOK! I AM A WHALE

We live on the Sun’s playground.

Here,Everyone gets what they want.

Sometimes the body of a beautiful woman,Sometimes the body of a

beautiful man,Sometimes the body of bothIn one.

We used to play that kind of tagIn the animal world too.

Now a mouse,Now a tiger,Look! I am a whale – I got tired of the

land,Went back to the ocean for a while.

What power is it in our sinew and mindThat will not die,

That keeps us shopping for the perfect dress?

We have all heard the Flute PlayerAnd keep dancingToward Him.

Hafiz,You have seen the Flute PlayerAnd cannot help but Whirl.

(“The Gift” – versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)

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I am laughter and tears, I am hope and despair

Iam the child that yearns for distant dreams

And the ancient ones who remember to care...

I am dust and chaos, I am the reaper and the grain,

I am the distant echo of a brothers cry for help

I am childbirth, a mother in pain.

I am fame I am regret...I am the shadow on the wall--

I am the worn feet that cannot help but dance

I am nothing, yet all...

I am beginning, I am middle and end

I am your own enemy, your adversary, your friend...

And in the mirror, when the lights are dim

I am your candle, your indrawn breath A whisper, a heartbeat, a moonbeam, the sun

You will see your self and everyone---

Now it is done.

Zenbob

(Thanks Glee for the inspiration!!!)

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