LOVE-LION

People hate each other

without acknowledgement;

an inward malady as well..

Sometimes we feel good,

but then we see someone ‘better’

Or something we don’t have.

What if there was a creature so mighty

that it could banish this evil

with a single roar?

the Love Lion

Rumi recounted an Arab king

who ruled two mighty empires:

A handsome man and a poet,

women loved him desperately.

A beneficent ruler, his court

reveled in his wisdom.

Nobody could ever match

the splendor of this mighty king.

Yet one day, donning plain robes,

he left his throne to wander.

Picking the grains off of dry bushes

And speaking only through his eyes

he walked, heart brimming.

Though he spoke few words

His gestures, like a windy roar

blew away all that was evil.

This is what love can do.