the house of my heart

Here's one from Rumi, the 13th century Persian poet, taken from this pocket-collection:


You

I was talking about You,
You silenced me.
I tasted your sweetness
and everything stopped.

Bewildered, I fled to
the house of my heart
and there,
you caught me.

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Rūmī (1207 – 1273)

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