The Live Dream



Oct 23

Inside this new love, die.

Quietness 
by Rumi 
Translated by Coleman Barks

Inside this new love, die. 
Your way begins on the other side. 
Become the sky. 
Take an axe to the prison wall. 
Escape. 
Walk out like someone suddenly born into color. 
Do it now. 
You’re covered with thick clouds. 
Slide out the side. Die, 
and be quiet. Quietness is the surest sign 
that you’ve died. 
Your old life was a frantic running 
from silence.

The speechless full moon 
comes out now.

(Source: sinc.sunysb.edu)

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