Why, O dearest to Myself, <br />do you try to hard to run away from God? <br /> <br />Your body cannot run away from Him, <br />for He who made your body, runs with you.. <br /> <br />Your spirit, your soul, cannot run away from Him, <br />for He is your very spirit, your very soul.. <br /> <br />Only your mind can run away from Him; <br /> <br />and then his brothers, soul and body, <br />weep for him, wait for his return, <br />in stillness and in silence - which they know <br />by nightfall, he will be unable to resist.. <br /> <br />Why do you try so hard to run away from God? <br />When did He ever run away from you?<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-the-spirit-of-rumi-42-how-far-is-far-from-god/
