TO BUILD A SWING
You carry
All the ingredients
To turn your life into a nightmare—
Don’t mix them!
You have all the genius
To build a swing in your backyard
For God.
That sounds
Like a hell of a lot more fun.
Let’s start laughing, drawing blueprints.
Gathering our talented friends.
I will help you
With my divine lyre and drum.
Hafiz
Will sing a thousand words
You can take into your hands,
Like golden saws,
Silver hammers,
Polished teakwood,
Strong silk rope.
You carry all the ingredients
to turn your existence into joy,
Mix them, mix them!
~ Hafiz
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"To Build A Swing" from The Gift, Daniel Ladinsky, copyright 1999. www.danielladinsky.com. Printed with permission.
The easy way, or the hard way?
Welcome to the new year!
How should we play this, then: the easy way or the hard way?