My (new) single most favorite devotional poem

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Looking for one of my old favorites, I found this one, which has

instantly become my single most favorite:) Jai Guru!

 

"Jasmine comes up where you step.

You breathe on dirt, and it sails off

like a kite. You wash your hands,

and the water you throw out

shines with gold.

 

You say a line of scripture,

and all the dead commentators

lift their heads.

 

Your robe brushes a thornbush,

and a deep chord of music comes.

 

Whatever you break finds itself

more intelligent for being broken.

Every second a new being

stands in the courtyard of your chest

like Adam, without father or mother,

but the beginning of many generations

to come.

 

I should rhyme that fifty times.

 

The beginning without any

inclination to end:

 

But I won't. I close my mouth

in hopes you'll open yours.

 

 

Jelaluddin Rumi