The 12 Days of Hafiz: Day 4

PULLING OUT THE CHAIR

Pulling out the chair
Beneath your mind
And watching you fall upon God —

What else is there
For Hafiz to do
That is any fun in this world!

~ Hafiz

Simple mechanics

I think poetry may have been the 14th Century equivalent of coaching. For the further I go, the more I see the process as being one of paring everything back to its indivisible elements, and then building on the resulting, firmer foundations.