“... yet when the servant of the Muses sings, at once he forgets his dark thoughts and remembers not his troubles. Such is the holy gift of the Muses to men.”
- Hesiod

Wednesday, October 03, 2012

I, The Sober Fool

My Beloved speaks profundities
     and pays dues not His own-
while I, the sober fool,
     stumble falsely drunk.

Though His wine warms my heart
     and sweetly stains my lips,
it is not potent in my veins-
     I am not subject to it's dance.

I drink too little, too less
     for the drunkard I claim to be.

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Recently, I've been both intrigued and inspired by the likes of Rumi and Hafiz.