for now, yoga

has me in its exhausting and exhilarating grip.

i'm reading hafiz and zen stories and for the first time ever i can pay attention to them.

Ever since Happiness heard your name

It has been running through the streets

Trying to find you.

And several times in the last week,

God Himself has even come to my door-

Asking me for your address!

Once I said,

"God,

I thought You knew everything.

Why are You asking me

Where Your lovers live?"

And the Beloved replied,

Indeed, Hafiz, I do know Everything –

But it is fun playing dumb once in a while.

And I love intimate chat

And the warmth of your heart's fire.

hafiz is so brilliant and such a goof.