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Poem Number 10843
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
---Rumi, Ancient Middle East
Don't go back to sleep.
---Rumi

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You must ask for what you really want.
---Rumi
Don't go back to sleep.
---Rumi

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People are going back and forth
---Rumi
across the doorsill
---Rumi
where the two worlds touch.
---Rumi

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The door is round and open.
---Rumi
Don't go back to sleep.
---Rumi

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R R R R R R R R R R R R R
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(End of Rumi)
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Commentary:
Rumi poem is posted on my medicine cabinet, and helps me in down moments, when I don't feel like leaving bed. I posted it here, hoping it'll do same for you. :: Howie
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I did love to read this in the dawning of this morning! Spooky and beautiful, it reminds me of one of those really good quality children's picture books I used to read my little ones. Nice gift to us! Thanks! R.J.G.
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It's still true now, hundreds of years after this poem was written. If we want something we have to ask for it--go for it! -_ Morton
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RJG :: Always intrigues me, how simple lines can haunt the psyche. Morton, I guess basic human feelings never change throughout the centuries. Thanks for "stopping by". :: Howie
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