To place You in my heart
may turn You into thought.
I will not do that!
To hold You with my eyes
may turn You into thorn.
I will not do that!
I will set You on my breath
so You will become my life.
Rumi
Exiling Andrew
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Oh My Wor(l)d
- Shafinaaz Hassim
- Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- Shafinaaz is a sociologist, artist and poet based in Johannesburg, SA. She is the author of several works of non-fiction and fiction, and has been listed in HayFestival's Africa39 category of top 39 authors in Africa under the age of 40 at the London Book Fair 2014. Also see www.shafinaaz.co.za
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2 comments:
ok. i tried posting a comment earlier but it didnt go thru, so here we go again. rumi always confusing me but i tried deconstructing this one..
heart - thought/ infatuation??
eyes - thorn/ disappointment???
breathe - life!
disturbingly deep. intense. beyond me, even.
ConfusEd cAphus
i dont kno abt disturbing, but beautiful depth flows around me and yEs even beYond me, wen i read this one :)
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