More from Rumi
I want your sun to reach my raindrops, so your heat can raise my soul upward like a cloud.
RumiRumi Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy.
RumiRumi That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful.
RumiRumi You’ve seen my descent, now watch my rising.
RumiRumi What matters is how quickly you do what your soul directs.
RumiRumi This is what love does and continues to do. It tastes like honey to adults and milk to children.
RumiRumi Poems are rough notations for the music we are.
RumiRumi Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison When the door is so wide open?
RumiRumi Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.
RumiRumi Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
RumiRumi Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.
RumiRumi The soul is here for its own joy.
RumiRumi Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.
RumiRumi The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.
RumiRumi You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.
RumiRumi The ground’s generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty! Try to be more like the ground.
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From our community writers
Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
Lang LeavLang Leav Just because you haven’t seen how wonderful, beautiful, and special she is, doesn’t mean no one else will.
Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
Shelby EnsignShelby Ensign
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I had gone so blind in fixing your broken pieces i forgot to see how you kept breaking mine.
Shruthi SagarShruthi Sagar Her smile faded as the world erased it.
ShamaShama Expectations are the reason that you’re broken and that’s true.
Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas My tears have dried and I know that no weapon formed against me will prosper.
Nicki MinajNicki Minaj The kindness of some soul is what a broken heart needs.
AurthurAurthur Don’t worry. You didn’t break me. I was already broken when we met.
Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale You ask what I’ve been doing all this time as if surviving wasn’t much of an effort.
Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale When I stopped believing in love, the universe sent you to remind me that love, true love, does exist, even for me.
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