How does a part of the world leave the world? <br />How does wetness leave water? <br /> <br />Dont' try to put out fire by throwing on <br />more fire! Don't wash a wound with blood. <br /> <br />No matter how fast you run, your shadow <br />keeps up. Sometimes it's in front! <br /> <br />Only full overhead sun diminishes your shadow. <br />But that shadow has been serving you. <br /> <br />What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is <br />your candle. Your boundaries are your quest. <br /> <br /> <br />I could explain this, but it will break the <br />glass cover on your heart, and there's no <br />fixing that. <br /> <br />You must have shadow and light source both. <br />Listen, and lay your head under the tree of awe. <br /> <br />When from that tree feathers and wings sprout on you, <br />be quieter than a dove. Don't even open your mouth for <br />even a coo.<br /><br />Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/shadow-and-light-source-both/
