Words on Love

V...When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways

are hard and steep.

And when his wings enfold you yield to him,

Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

When he speaks to you believe in him,

...Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest

branches that quiver in the sun,

So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their

clinging to the earth.

...To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day

of loving:

To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;

To return home at eventide with gratitude,

And to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart

and a song of praise upon your lips.

- Kahil Gibran

Even after all this time the sun

never says to the earth,

"You owe Me."

Look what happens with a love like that,

It lights the Whole Sky.

- Hafiz