just You

why can't i just love You
why shouldn't You be just enough for me
to live for
to die for
to sell my soul for
to give my heart to
to no longer grief for anyone
and to just be satisfied
and content
and happy
and glad
and gleeful
for just You?
shouldn't it just be You
that is in this heart
this soul
this self?
i should not be needing anyone else
but You.
can you please tell this heart
that it is just You.

i now know

life has shown me
that the world is not a place
but the vastness of a soul.
and my soul is nothing more than love
limitless, endless
that move me
toward believing what is true.
i once thought
that love was supposed to be nothing
but bliss...
i now know
it is also
sadness
and
grief.

from Rumi

You've no idea how hard I've looked for a gift to bring You.

Nothing seemed right.

What's the point of bringing gold to the gold mine,

or water to the Ocean.

Everything I came up with

was like taking spices to the Orient.

It's no good giving my heart and my soul because

you already have these.

So

I've brought you a mirror.

Look at yourself and

remember me.

- Jalaluddin Rumi -