from DOORKEEPER OF THE HEART: VERSIONS OF RABI’A

I was sent this by a fellow dervish and thought to share, it is  from the book:  DOORKEEPER OF THE HEART:  VERSIONS OF RABI’A

“I set up house for You in my heart

As a Friend that I could talk with.

Gave my body to someone else

Who wanted to embrace it.

This body, all in all, is good enough for embracing –

But the Friend who lives in my house

Is the lover of my Heart.”

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