forgotten...

You're from a country beyond this universe,
yet your best guess is
you're made of earth and ashes!

You engrave this physical image everywhere
as a sign that you've forgotten
where you're from!


- Rumi

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Version by Coleman Barks
"Birdsong"
Maypop, 1993