Quickening

Subtle degrees of domination and
servitude
are what you know as love.

But love is different
it arrives complete -
just there -
like the moon at the window.

Seek only that of which you have no clue.
Desire only that of which you have no hope.

This is not the Oxus River or some little creek.
This is the shoreless sea.
Here, swimming ends always in drowning.

- Maulana Rumi via Sufi Geek.

I know everyone says this, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s true: Rumi is the antidote for everything. Even if he doesn’t always make you feel better.

Photo by Bruno Bernardi.