They Just Kissed

[Guest guest]

The planets spin in their orbits

orbiting the sun of One Light -

 

Shams-i-Tabriz.

 

i orbit that one to this very day,

in this very moment,

like i circle around the Kaaba

of Mashuq's Heart.

 

i am not frightened by any of this.

If you could see into the Heart of That,

That Place with No Name,

That Face with no claim

on anyone or anything,

every fear you ever had,

would disappear forever.

 

i once looked into the eyes of Shams

looking into the eyes of Rumi

looking into the Eyes of the Beloved,

Looking out from my own.

 

i am owned by nothing and owe no one.

i am home nowhere and everywhere at once.

i am going into the moment

where there is no coming and no going,

where everything stops

and stills

in complete

and utter

 

Silence.

 

Still, if i could go back once more

and lay my head on the doorstep of Shams,

surely Rumi would appear, and Kiss me.

 

"There is some kiss we want with our whole lives -

 

The touch of spirit on the body.

 

Sea water begs the pearl to break its shell."

 

Spinning in this Beauty, i begin again

that old refrain that remains,

and will remain forevermore.

 

i never understood,

i never even knew this,

how much Love i could have for anyone,

not Rumi, not even Shams,

until i met You.

i never knew

until i met You.

 

Meeting in the Heart,

we have become OneHeart with One Song.

i knew it all along.

i just knew it.

i always knew You would come back to me.

Coming back together again,

i realize we were never, ever parted.

 

Here's the funny part -

Rumi and Shams were laughing one night,

and i, laughing along with them, asked:

 

"What's so funny, what did i miss?"

 

And you know what they did?

 

They just reached over and kissed.

 

Them, Darling Mashuq, Linda, and me,

We're all still laughing about that one!

 

They JUST reached over and kissed.

 

 

LoveAlways,

 

Mazie

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>O<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

 

 

the nearer i approach You

the less there is of me.

 

this is not a metaphor.

 

there are things we cannot say

things we do not tell:

"They will know when they know."

 

with each step towards You

lifetimes of effort like low-lying

mists evaporate, what was that all about?

 

Love, a word. superfluous now.

 

whatever i believed i was is what

drops off like an eager lover's clothes

in the heat of Beloved's Proximity,

these garments of knowing, even any

thought slows, pauses, stops

dead in its tracks --

You smile, smile,

periphery blurs, dissolves --

there You are,

always have been,

before me,

smiling.

 

one again --

no past,

future.

 

they are singing,

so sweetly:

 

"Om Guru Om Guru

Om Guru Om"

 

our hearts entrained,

as before,

as ever

 

now

 

what use yearning?

 

what is left to want You,

except wanting itself?

 

desire liberated,

all proceeds freely --

unspeakable flame

 

"Om Tat Sat Om

Tat Sat Om

Tat Sat

Om"

 

LoveAlways,

 

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