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Tag: Sufi

Determination, Poetry

Dropping Keys

November 19, 2014 smirkpretty

The small man
Builds cages for everyone
He
Knows.
While the sage,
Who has to duck his head
When the moon is low,
Keeps dropping keys all night long
For the
Beautiful
Rowdy
Prisoners.

—

from the Sufi poet Hafiz

Tagged courage, Hafiz, keys, leadership, poetry, Sufi1 Comment

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