Crushed...

Once the blossoms are gone,

the fruit becomes
visible;

when one fades away, the other starts
growing.

How could bread give strength without
being broken?

How could the grape give wine
without being crushed?


- Rumi

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Muriel Maufroy
"Breathing Truth - Quotations from Jalaluddin Rumi"
Sanyar Press - London, 1997