photo by sarah hawker

LIKE THIS

By Sarah Hawker, from the poem
"Like this" by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks

If someone asks you

how the satisfaction of

all our longings look like

lift your face and say "like this"

If someone mentions

the night sky's gracefulness

climb up on the roof

dance like this

If someone wonders

how Jesus raised the dead

don't try to explain

just kiss me on the lips like this

I'm a sky where spirit lives

stare into the deepening blue

while the breeze tells to you

secrets like this

When someone talks about

how the moon's undressed by the clouds

slowly loosen knot by knot

strings of your robe just like this

When someone asks you

what it means to

die for love just

point here like this

SARAH HAWKER © 2006 ASCAP