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you've caught the beast in me
and tamed it, at the seams
bursting so it seems
with life, is how are we
so unlikely to slow it down
crazy lives that never frown
crazy turns upside and down
so likely to be homeward bound

dizzy dizzy
as we run in circles
dizzy dizzy
love me love me
dizzy dizzy
so unlikely

oh how you grow
nobody knows
i do though
i can see it and i like it
i can see it and i want it
oh how you show
me love
i mean it

how i love to be lost with you in
San Dimas
how i love to go everywhere with you
how i love to go nowhere with you

beneath our skin
like breaths of fresh air
sheets of high supima
envelope us

how swell it seems
when it's bursting at the seams

when nobody is knowing
i'm watching watching
when you can't feel it,
i'm touching, touching
touching
touching
we are touching
touching
touching
like roots of a tree
we are swelling to be
in unity
you&me.

from the translations of another

In Persian, there are four levels of friendship each relating to a degree in closeness and intimacy:
Aashenaa (to know someone casually)
Doost (a close friend)
Rafeegh (your best friend)
Yaar (your inseparable lover)
However, these levels are independent of the type of physical connection you have with someone. These degrees of closeness explain your deep soul connection with another being; your spouse, therefore, may only be your Aashenaa, or you may have a perfect platonic relationship with a Yaar. Some mystics measure their intimacy with God and the Beloved by using these levels. For RUMI, the Beloved and Shams were one, and both (as one) were his Yaar. That could explain why Rumi’s verses are being dubbed “love poems.” Should they be anything less?”


Shahram Shiva on Rumi

sort of backwards

sort of backwards,
the reverse of most people.
funneling my life into a filter,
untangling one knot at a time.
tuning it down.
trying harder for less.
i'm always too much,
it's always too much,
more,
alot,
excess,
strong,
passion,
loud,
extremes,
many
variety,
maximum,
overwhelming.
throwing away.
down-sizing
down
sizing.
down
sizing.
editing,
refining,
confining,
defining.
editing.
refining.
confining.
defining.
This period.
.
.
Here's a period
.
Here's an end.
No more commas,
just a period.
Be deliberate.
Edit.
Edit.
Some things of chaotic essence cannot be bound or restricted,
some things need to fly free.
We can keep trying.
i'll edit.
i'll edit.
i'll edit.
some things just need to be free.
free.
free.
free.