Silence...

Silence is the sea,
and speech is like the river.
The sea is seeking you:
don't seek the river.
Don't turn your head away from
the signs offered by the sea.

- Rumi

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version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance"
Threshold Books, 1996