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April 2008 
What's your favorite poem? Why?
Apollo
how the perfect satisfaction
of all our sexual wanting
will look, lift your face
and say,Like this.
When someone mentions the gracefulness
of the night sky, climb up on the roof
and dance and say,
Like this.
If anyone wants to know what “spirit” is,
or what “God’s fragrance” means,
lean your head toward him or her.
Keep your face there close.
Like this.
When someone quotes the old poetic image
about clouds gradually uncovering the moon,
slowly loosen knot by knot the strings
of your robe.
Like this.
If anyone wonders how Jesus raised the dead,
don’t try to explain the miracle.
Kiss me on the lips.
Like this. Like this.
When someone asks what it means
to “die for love,” point
here.
- Rumi, Like This
Rumi’s mix of divine and sensual experience lights me up every time I read his words. This poem resonated with me immediately because the erotic and the mystical seem perfectly coupled, reminding us of the everpresence of Spirit.
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