Today
I
Do not
Want to step so quickly
Over a beautiful line on God's palm
As I move through the earth's
Marketplace
Today.
I do not want to touch any object in this world
Without my eyes testifying to the truth
That everything is
My Beloved.
Something has happened
To my understanding of existence
That now makes my heart always full of wonder
And kindness.
I do not
Want to step so quickly
Over this sacred place on God's body
That is right beneath your
Own food.
As I
Dance with Precious life
Today.
[Copied, without permission, from The Gift - Poems by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master. Translations by Daniel Ladinsky. Please consider buying this wonderful book and giving it to someone you love. http://www.amazon.com/Gift-Hafiz/dp/0140195815/