dissolver of sugar - jelaluddin rumi

Dissolver of Sugar
by Jelaluddin Rumi


Dissolver of sugar, dissolve me,
if this is the time.
Do it gently with a touch of a hand, or a look.
Every morning I wait at dawn. That's when
it's happened before. Or do it suddenly
like an execution. How else
can I get ready for death?

You breathe without a body like a spark.
You grieve, and I begin to feel lighter.
You keep me away with your arm,
but the keeping away is pulling me in.

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Pale sunlight,
pale the wall.

Love moves away.
The light changes.

I need more grace
than I thought.