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Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

0 posted 2003-07-22 07:36 PM

Shams

To know a word
is not to know it as a name,

or is it, so vice versa
your thinking,

and before judgment
leads you that way,

come this way.

For Shams said to Jelaluddin
“who is greater, Muhammad or Bestami?”

and the revelations
began, the questions began,
understanding became
understood within all of the layers
of intent, innuendo, even

prophecy.

When you realize the given name
Shams

means sun

and sun equates light
which leads all from darkness

do not cover
your eyes
if you are not prepared
to see the light inside
and question

your own circling thoughts.

[This message has been edited by Sunshine (07-22-2003 08:16 PM).]

Patricia
Member Elite

since 2003-04-06

Posts 2160
Missouri

1 posted 2003-07-22 07:44 PM

Oh great philosopher, Karilea! You kicked some butt with this one...(pardon me for being blunt). And that's the truth. (I would make a raspberry sound here like Edith Ann...do you remember her?...how do you make a raspberry sound over computer waves.) LOL

Love it!

Patricia

timothysangel1973

Senior Member

since 2001-12-03

Posts 1725
Never close enough

2 posted 2003-07-22 07:48 PM

Intriging and enlightening write Sunshine!

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

3 posted 2003-07-22 07:55 PM

Oh...I like this one...a 'thinker'.
I DO enjoy a poem that forces my mind to wake
up and do a little work...to really pay attention.
Very cool, my friend, and very nicely done.
Hugs,
~Vicky

"My friends are my estate."
~Emily Dickinson
[This message has been edited by vlraynes (07-22-2003 08:06 PM).]

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

4 posted 2003-07-22 07:57 PM

When you realize the given name
Shams

means sun

and sun equates light
which leads all from darkness

do not cover
your eyes
if you are not prepared
to see the light inside
and question

your own circling thoughts.

Oh Great Philosopher indeed!!

This is fantastic Karilea, keeping this, printing it and hanging it up!

Wonderful!

Maree

fate is not just
whose cooking smells good
but which way the wind blows

(Ani DiFranco)

[This message has been edited by Sunshine (07-22-2003 08:02 PM).]

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

5 posted 2003-07-22 07:57 PM

Sunshine - I've never thought of it like this oh pen of poetry...

BC

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

6 posted 2003-07-22 08:07 PM

"do not cover
your eyes
if you are not prepared
to see the light inside
and question

your own circling thoughts."

Fantastic Karilea!!
WOW!! Into my library!
~Hugs, Nancy~

~The breeze that kissed you on the face,
Has held me in the same embrace~

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

7 posted 2003-07-22 08:19 PM

It is old advice to never ask a question for which you are not prepared to accept any unexpected but possible answer.

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

8 posted 2003-07-22 11:17 PM

Karilea....You are thought-filled sun. Enjoyed this so much. :hugs;

angelblueyes
Member Elite

since 2003-07-19

Posts 2148
Oklahoma

9 posted 2003-07-22 11:24 PM

Karilea:Your thoughts always envoke the thoughts from our minds.You are truly a talented phipospjer as well as a maste poetess.
angelblueyes

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