September 25, 2022

Thought for Today

WHAT  GOOD  IS  A  BOOK OF  POEMS

What good is a book of my poems if you are                  reading it while riding

in the back of a wagon that is heading toward                        the edge of a cliff?

A greater awareness is what our relationship                            is supposed to be about.

I was hoping something I might have said by now              could have made you stop, get your bearings,

and start traveling in a direction that will yield                        lots of fruit. Maybe you are? That would be nice.

Hafiz,

A Year With Hafiz, page 383

translator and adapter, Daniel Ladinsky