Sunday, December 19, 2010

Dropping Keys by Hafiz

The small man
Builds cages for everyone
He
Knows.
While the sage,
Who has to duck his head
When the moon is low,
Keeps dropping keys all night long
For the
Beautiful
Rowdy
Prisoners.

-from pg. 206 of The Gift: Poems by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master

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