<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460083" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>In the spirit of Rumi - 51: Beyond Artifice</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because I am a poet<br>and you are a poet</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I would like to talk to you today<br>of how when My Beloved<br>smiles at me with that open smile<br>that asks nothing but the freedom<br>to express itself</div><div style="margin:10px 0">then I can only think of<br>that white rose which this morning<br>took my breath away with its<br>innocent whiteness, its pure whiteness<br>with just a hint of a blush as if<br>it astonishes even itself</div><div style="margin:10px 0">or I could speak of the white rose<br>which reminds me of<br>the smile of My Beloved</div><div style="margin:10px 0">but in truth, the likeness<br>of these two becomes one<br>not in my poem but<br>in myself as I gaze with wonder<br>at white rose; receive <br>the smile of My Beloved which asks nothing; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and God, looking at me looking, <br>God who is all three of us</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Shepherd">Michael Shepherd</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460083" data-title="In the spirit of Rumi - 51: Beyond Artifice de Michael Shepherd" data-description="Because I am a poet and you are a poet I would like to talk to you today of how when My Beloved smiles at me with that open smile that asks nothing but the freedom to express itself then I can only think of that white rose which this morning too..."></div> </div> </div>

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