Poems of the heart
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:19 am
The Flower of Grief
We are programmed to hide and run
from grief's all encompassing truth.
For those who hide not,
who penetrate this great suffering
and are penetrated by this great suffering
as was Rumi when his beloved teacher
Shams of Tabriz left him without warning
or explanation
something totally unexpected
and magnificent this way comes.
Oh dear and blessed one, what comes
is the coming of the betrothal
of the eternal darkness
to the eternal light,
the falling of the I
into mad and sweet and tender love
for all its forms,
none are left out,
not a single one,
the greatest pain is cherished
as is the greatest pleasure,
the bride to the spirit
cries out "I do, I do, I do!"
what God has joined,
no man can tear asunder.
~ Pam Seeback
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kuH-WPb3A8
We are programmed to hide and run
from grief's all encompassing truth.
For those who hide not,
who penetrate this great suffering
and are penetrated by this great suffering
as was Rumi when his beloved teacher
Shams of Tabriz left him without warning
or explanation
something totally unexpected
and magnificent this way comes.
Oh dear and blessed one, what comes
is the coming of the betrothal
of the eternal darkness
to the eternal light,
the falling of the I
into mad and sweet and tender love
for all its forms,
none are left out,
not a single one,
the greatest pain is cherished
as is the greatest pleasure,
the bride to the spirit
cries out "I do, I do, I do!"
what God has joined,
no man can tear asunder.
~ Pam Seeback
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kuH-WPb3A8