Love’s Fire

Enter Into the Silence
Of your own heart’s rose garden.
Be still, be still…
Let love’s fire light up the sky.
~Rumi

One of many mystical quatrains by Jelal-u-din Rumi.

The music was created by Susan Sheely and me during one of our Tuesday night fireside gatherings–not unlike a night that might have been spent by Sufis who sang, danced and prayed with rapture until dawn…although, I don’t think we ever made it through a whole night.

We did get carried aloft, though…and frequently lost track of time, place, everything but love.  The song was made into a dance of Universal Peace by Susan and has been danced in groups all over the world.

Love’s Fire ~ Enter into the silence…

For an MP3 Download from one of my albums…visit me here and receive a free gift.

My One, Parch-Lipped Question

If I could ask God just one question it would be this:

When, O my Lord, will the moment arrive
when I shall become dissolved again in You?
This desert has become oppressively barren and dry.
My soul thirsts for the fresh dews of Your Love,
Your vitalizing breezes, the wine of Your
intoxicating inspiration.

I wait at the gate of my soul each morning
for news of your return.
I long for the sweet smell of wet-grass rapture,
Everything spilling into a green, shimmering Oneness–alive!

Still the rain does not come.
Still, this waiting.

My life is all this one, parched-lipped question:

When, O Beloved,
when will you…
return?