Daybreak | Rumi Poem
by Wood
This poem by Rumi speaks of letting go and trusting a bigger force. As we are carried in by these ocean waves, we surrender to the movement, even when it feels like we are giving ourselves up. At the banquet, like Isaac waiting for the blade, we offer ourselves, not in fear, but in love. Love is what transforms us. Death has no power; it is just a doorway. As we breathe less, spirit takes over, like a falcon being set free. A lover, like Hallaj, dies from his own words, but not in anger, he dies in surrender. Hallaj was a 10th century Sufi mystic who boldly said, “I am the truth,” seeing the divine inside himself. For that, he was executed, but his death became a symbol of pure, selfless love. And as Shams, Rumi’s guide and spiritual teacher, rises, he snuffs out all those smaller lights, bringing a dawn of pure inner knowing. Photo by Translation by Coleman Barks.
