In The Spirit Of Rumi-18 Poem by Michael Shepherd

I said to My Beloved

O My Beloved
I fear I have forgotten You!

I have fallen in love with the world –
when I walk out of the door
I swoon with the scent of the Spring air;
I hear each flower singing in the garden;
I sink into the heart of every rose;
I am dazzled by the sunlight;
I see the sky reflected in the lake
and lose myself in its shining stillness;
I see the sky and lose myself in the sky’s immensity;

when I walk, my feet want to dance;
when I speak, my heart wants to sing;
in every person who passes
old or young,
smiling or frowning,
I see myself in them;
wherever I look, I see only love…

I have fallen in love with the world –
O My Beloved, have I forgotten You?

My Beloved said
I am the one in you who sees all this.