WE HAVE NOT
COME TO TAKE PRISONERS
We have not
come here to take prisoners,
But to surrender ever more deeply
To freedom and joy.
But to surrender ever more deeply
To freedom and joy.
We have not
come into this exquisite world
To hold ourselves hostage from love.
To hold ourselves hostage from love.
Run my
dear,
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings.
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings.
Run like hell
my dear,
From anyone likely
To put a sharp knife
Into the sacred, tender vision
Of your beautiful heart.
From anyone likely
To put a sharp knife
Into the sacred, tender vision
Of your beautiful heart.
We have a duty
to befriend
Those aspects of obedience
That stand outside of our house
And shout to our reason
"O please, O please,
Come out and play."
Those aspects of obedience
That stand outside of our house
And shout to our reason
"O please, O please,
Come out and play."
For we have
not come here to take prisoners
Or to confine our wondrous spirits,
Or to confine our wondrous spirits,
But to
experience ever and ever more deeply
Our divine courage, freedom and
Light!
Our divine courage, freedom and
Light!
~ Hafiz
~
(The Gift ~
versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)
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