Put This Design in Your Carpet (2)

 Carpet from Konya, the place where Rumi died,

in present day Turkey. Rumi celebrants call the day Rumi died
his "Wedding Day," when the veil was lifted
and he joined the Beloved.
Rumi's Wedding Day is celebrated around the world
on the anniversary of his death, December 17.

Any movement or sound is a profession of faith,

as the millstone grinding is explaining

how it believes in the river.

No metaphor can explain this,

but I cannot stop pointing to the beauty.

Every moment and place says,

Put this design in your carpet.

I want to be in such a passionate adoration

that my tent gets pitched against the sky.

Let the beloved come

and sit like a guard dog

in front of the tent.

When the ocean surges, 

don't let me just hear it.

Let is splash inside my chest.

My notes written during a 2007 Rumi reading by Coleman Barks; 

click on the image if you want to read more easily.
Please click & go to the link about the Rumi reading
to read more about what it's like to hear Barks read,
and dance in spirit while dervishes dance.