OUR UNION

 

Our

union is like this:

 

You feel cold so I reach for a blanket to cover

our shivering feet.

 

A hunger comes into your body

so I run to my garden and start digging potatoes.

 

You asked for a few words of comfort and guidance and

I quickly kneel by your side offering you

a whole book as a

gift.

 

You ache with loneliness one night so much

you weep, and I say

 

here is a rope, tie it around me,

Hafiz will be your

companion for

life.

 

-         Hafiz