For Sotto Poet's Any Theme Any Form Poetry contest
Rumi has been a great inspiration to my poetry and life. This poem was written based on quotes and poems by Rumi.
Through illness and death of loved ones, his words have helped soothe the pain.
How do I praise your influence, oh Rumi? For you are the essence of my poetry. Poet's quote. I was lost in mournful melodies of birds, until death brought me back to life through your words. My sleeping spirit now roams in your garden's blooms, spinning from nothingness against toxic fumes. Polishing of my heart left me in a trance, through cleansing of pain, I learned how to dance. I had not drank wine, but walked like a drunkard, dizziness helped to forget where I wandered. You taught; how the beloved lives in my heart. To let go of those who wanted to depart. To stop chasing stories and myths from the past. To break free from the prisons our minds can cast. When you change with wisdom, your soul recovers, ascends to the sky in a world of lovers. Now I have wings and no longer crawl through life, never raise my words to cause another strife. Ignore those who remind of disease and death. That love is the bridge between my sweetheart's breath. I closed my eyes, fell in love and remain there. Life is a guest house, so I dwell without care. The poem is based on Rumi quotes and poems. Mathnawi or Masnavi is a Persian a type of poetry, originating from the Arabic word Mathnawi, written in rhyming units and which follow a pattern of eleven or sporadically ten syllables without any length limits. This one is eleven syllables per line.
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