RUMI DAYS
Daily readings of the 13th Century Persian poet as translated by Coleman Barks
Friday, May 28, 2010
A Grape
If you would say I don't exist,
I would be grateful.
When this longing makes me disreputable,
then I have a little self-respect.
A vine begins to become wine
when you say,
Pressure is necessary
to burst open.
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