# WHAT BETTER THEN~ A RUMI POEM ~ TO KEEP US ALL WARM ON A COLD WINTERS DAY/EVE #

A Smile and A Gentleness

There is a smile and a gentleness
inside. When I learned the name

and address of that, I went to where
you sell perfume. I begged you not

to trouble me so with longing. Come
out and play! Flirt more naturally.

Teach me how to kiss. On the ground
a spread blanket, flame that’s caught

and burning well, cumin seeds browning,
I am inside all of this with my soul.

From Essential Rumi
by Coleman Barks


~RUMI~ TO START OF  THE VALENTINE'S WEEK