Reflection

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Were I to touch
the softness
of your BEing,
Would I be
changed
forever,
Were I to see
the beauty
of myself
reflected
in your
glistening eyes,
Could I hold
this vision
to light my way
through the
world,
If I were to
know this
gift
just once,
Would it be
enough
to keep peace
and love
close
within my heart,
to then
live this life
to the fullest.

In response, and inspired by a poem within the book, THE GIFT, Poems by HAFIZ, The Great Sufi Master, Translations by Daniel Ladinsky.

Certainly not to say I am a master or even an apprentice in any way of poetry or mystical insight—all is simply a creative endeavor to see what my own mind and heart may say of the poem, to try and put it into my own words, or simply to respond to the ideas set forth by HAFIZ, and translated by Daniel.

(My apologies, this footnote will be repeated as I intend, at least presently, to continue in this mode for awhile. I am quite curious how AI will interpret things and how I may work and play, tweek words and such to perhaps change the direction AI is taking, in the end, hopefully to make a dream worthwhile sharing.)