Monday, October 13, 2008

This
Path to God
Made me such an old sweet beggar.

I was starving until one night
My love tricked God Himself
To fall into my bowl.

Now Hafiz is infinitely rich,
But all I ever want to do

Is keep emptying out
My emerald filled
Pockets

Upon
This tear stained
World.

- from:
The Subject Tonight Is Love: Sixty Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz.
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