…First, when I was apart from you,
this world did not exist,
nor did any other.Second, whatever I was looking for
was always you…
[from I Have Five Things to Say, as quoted in Barks’ The Essential Rumi
…There’s nothing worse than to walk out along the street
without you. I don’t know where I’m going.
You’re the road and the knower of roads,
more than maps, more than love.
[from The Arc of Your Mallet, as quoted in Barks’ The Essential Rumi
My review of John R Little’s The Memory Tree is now live on the ApexBlog: click here to read.
“It’s not bullshit if it’s true.” She sat at the table. When he made a face at her, she gave her head a slight shake and asked, “What?”
“There you are,” he replied, “a ghost in my very own kitchen and looking as normal as a basket of fruit.”
[She] laughed. “A basket of fruit?”
He opened a beer and sat across from her. “I feel better. You can go now.”
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