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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.
~
Hamid Shibata Bennett, LMT, CAMT
Advanced massage & bodywork
Earth Body Wellness Center East
3810 SE Belmont ST
Portland, Oregon 97214
ABMP ~ OBMT #301
503-975-1259
The place where one
is most certain
to find god
is in the loving heart
of a kind man.
-Hazrat Inayat Khan
