Tuesday, January 08, 2008

I Am and I Am Not

I’m drenched in the flood
which has yet to come

I’m tied up in the prison
which has yet to exist

Not having playedthe game of chess
I’m already the checkmate

Not having tasted a single cup of your wine
I’m already drunk

Not having entered the battlefield
I’m already wounded and slain

I no longer know the difference
between image and reality

Like the shadow
I am
And
I am not
Jalaluddin Rumi,
Persian Poet

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