Nonexistence

By Ayn al-Qozat Hamadani
(1098 - 1131)





Nonexistence
within existence
is my Rule
getting lost
in getting lost
my Religion.

Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout ~ Gary Snyder

Down valley a smoke haze
Three days heat, after five days rain
Pitch glows on the fir-cones
Across rocks and meadows
Swarms of new flies.

I cannot remember things I once read
A few friends, but they are in cities.
Drinking cold snow-water from a tin cup
Looking down for miles
Through high still air.

Inside, you are sweet beyond telling…
and the cathedral there, so deeply tall.

~ Rumi
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