A BREAST IN THE SKY

I hear talk about the famous.
I hear talk about different cities.
The most intimate events of families come to my ears.
 I hear about temples and mosques and saints.
All that can be said I have heard.
All that can be wanted I have seen.
My interest in this world has waned though,
not because I am depressed.
A fish in a bowl I was,
a bottom feeder,
but now I nurse upon a breast in the sky. 

 
 - Rabia
 
 
 
 
(Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West by Daniel Ladinsky)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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