Posted by Jakeman on June 21, 2006, at 22:47:47
In reply to Re: trying to deal with emotions- Rumi's take » Jakeman, posted by canadagirl on June 21, 2006, at 21:28:10
> My counsellor sent me this poem our 2nd session...it made me change my life for the better.
Canadagirl sounds like you have a wise counselor.
I hestitate to post poems on this site, but since we've got this thread going here is one that especially spoke to me:
Who Says Words with my Mouth?All day I think about it, then at night I say it.
Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing?I have no idea.
My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that,
and I intend to end up there.This drunkenness began in some other tavern.
When I get back around to that place,
I'll be completely sober. Meanwhile,
I'm like a bird from another continent, sitting in this aviary.
The day is coming when I fly off,
but who is it now in my ear who hears my voice?
Who says words with my mouth?Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul?
I cannot stop asking.
If I could taste one sip of an answer,
I could break out of this prison for drunks.
I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way.
Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.This poetry. I never know what I'm going to say.
I don't plan it.
When I'm outside the saying of it,
I get very quiet and rarely speak at all.~Jelaluddin Rumi
poster:Jakeman
thread:659013
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20060615/msgs/659986.html