Thursday, January 3, 2013

this we have



this we have now
is not imagination.
   
this is not
grief or joy.

not a judging state,
  or an elation,
or sadness.

those come
and go.
   
this is the presence
that doesn’t.

rumi
(excerpted from "this we have now")

2 comments:

Linda Sue said...

HEADER! Splendid- like the wisest stone ever that transparent one!

steven said...

linda sue - yeah it's a little piece of ice . . .they were all over the beach but this one just glistened and shone so brightly i couldn't not take its picture . . . steven