The Lost Sufi
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Part I – The Longing

The First Glimpse

Poem 1Part I

I searched the seven gardens of the world for a rose to cure my longing. I wandered with pockets of dust and moonlight, my throat dry with questions. From the well inside my ribs a little laughter rose like water. What kissed my lips was not an answer but the thirst itself turning sweet. Beloved, I was the hunter and the deer, the prayer and the shrine. No road was found because the walking was the arrival.