April 16, 2008

Come Dance With Me

This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.

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Now that
All your worry
Has proved such an
Unlucrative business,
Why not
Find a better job.

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Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.

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The sun never says to the earth,
"You owe me."
Look what happens with a love like that.
It lights the whole sky.

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Fear is the cheapest room in the house.
I would like to see you living
In better conditions.

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Every child has known God,
Not the God of names,
Not the God of don'ts,
Not the God who ever does
Anything weird,
But the God who knows only 4 words
And keeps repeating them, saying:
"Come Dance with Me."
Come Dance.

Hafiz, 14th century Persian poet