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A Means to Reach Absence (1/3/16)

Fate is not the slave of our heart’s desire;

Existence is a means to reach Absence.

Our nanny is behind the curtain.

In fact, we are not here; those are our shadows.

Ergin, Rubailar, Verse #4, Page 109

Someone is hidden here, holding my skirt.

He bends backward and grabs my hair, keeps pulling me.

Wines have been offered from the Sun of happiness to me.

The cells of my body have become a knob on the door of the tavern.

Come, watch the face of our Sun; that face is the Garden of Eden.

Stay in the shade of His hair which is divided in the middle;