I wasn't like this before.......

Believe me

I wasn’t always like this

Lacking common sense

Or looking insane

Like you

I used to be clever

In my days

Never like this

Totally enraptured

Totally gone

Like sharp shooters

I used to be

A hunter of hearts

Not like today

With my own heart

Drowning in its blood

Nonstop asking and

Searching for answers

That was then

But now

So deeply enchanted

So deeply enthralled

Always pushing

To be ahead and above

Since i was not yet hunted down

By this

Ever-increasing love

RumiÂ
– Translation by Nader Khalili
“Rumi, Fountain of Fire”
Cal-Earth Press, 1991

Image Courtesy: Windswept Fields by Sorsdhal