I want to be Rumi when I grow up

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I want to be Rumi when I grow up

December 12, 2011 by Kathy

I want to be Rumi when I grow up.

I want to meet him in that field

beyond wrong-doing and right-doing

and sprout poetry

so non-dual that you

know you’re grown up

and that you’re Rumi now.

He whispers:

Come, come, whoever you are.

Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.

It doesn’t matter.

Ours is not a caravan of despair.

Come, even if you have broken your vow

a thousand times

Come, yet again, come, come.

I want to be Rumi when I grow up.

When the vow finally breaks through

the veil of coming and going

and we rest in what we are

before poetry

whispers our heart to remember,

to come hither, now.

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Posted in December 2011 | Tagged life, non-duality, poem, poetry, Rumi, spirituality, thoughts | 15 Comments

15 Responses

on December 12, 2011 at 2:04 pm | Reply kumonofhamiltonwestend

Me too me too!
- on December 12, 2011 at 2:23 pm | Reply Kathy
  
  Will meet you in that field, Nicole…
on December 12, 2011 at 2:20 pm | Reply Constance V. Walden

I Want To Be Like Christ

I want to be like Christ
when I grow up.
Perfect like
the Son of God.

Who took my place
upon the cross
to save us sinners,
one and all.

Connie
http://7thandvine.wordpress.com/
- on December 12, 2011 at 2:23 pm | Reply Kathy
  
  That is beautiful, Connie!
on December 13, 2011 at 6:04 am | Reply Barbara Kass

I love that you say in so few words what would take me several paragraphs to say! As a poet, you know what these words speak to you. As a reader, they speak to me about the everlasting option to become our true perfect selves and once we find that self, we can always start all over again.
- on December 14, 2011 at 3:09 pm | Reply Kathy
  
  Love what you say, Barbara: “the everlasting option to become our true perfect selves”. Thank you so much…
on December 13, 2011 at 6:08 am | Reply kumonofhamiltonwestend

I look forward to meeting you there Kathy!
on December 13, 2011 at 10:08 am | Reply Laurie Buchanan

“beyond wrong-doing and right-doing”

Beautiful!
- on December 14, 2011 at 3:10 pm | Reply Kathy
  
  Thank you, Laurie.
on December 15, 2011 at 5:18 pm | Reply Robin

Beautiful.
on December 16, 2011 at 12:05 pm | Reply Barbara Rodgers

Me, too…
on December 17, 2011 at 8:31 am | Reply Kathy

Thank you, Robin and Barbara and all of us who long to embrace that field.
on December 17, 2011 at 8:48 am | Reply kumonofhamiltonwestend

I just shared some Hafiz for you on your other blog, Kathy! Hugs
- on December 17, 2011 at 9:54 am | Reply Kathy
  
  And what a joy it is, Nicole! Thank you.
  - on December 17, 2011 at 9:56 am | Reply kumonofhamiltonwestend
    
    So glad you enjoyed it!