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Modern Sufi Poetry
by Hamid Shibata Bennett
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The sufi dance in stillness
where the mind fears to tremble
a single beat

Surrender to moonlit solitude
amongst a billion eyes
watching overhead

The bass strolls behind Monk tonight

I awake to the dream once again

A familiar warmth glows

The illusion is mine to cherish
before self drops
in desert fold

I am memory
fondly muddled

the poem floats on

there is no scrambling

no clawing

no struggle

I dance with Hafiz

Rumi plays sax

~

Only man
divides heaven
and earth.

Only I keep self

from you.

~

Every breath
holds an opportunity

to forgive.

~

Osho and Jesus
playing shuffleboard at Frankie's
Buddha's ordering another round

This caravan parties until closing
and stumbles life-drunk
out the door

to bum a ride

home.

~

When one walks the path
of love

Mountains become pebbles
Oceans become puddles

The sky

the entire sky

is cradled in
your palm

All is effortless bliss

and wonder.

~

Buddha sleeps in you
this night

You are god

snoring.

~

Don't look for secrets here.

You have always been that
which you've

lost.

~

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