THE WARRIOR

The warriors tame

the beasts of their past

so that the night's hoofs

can no longer break the jeweled vision

in the heart.

 

The intelligent and the brave

open every closet in the future and evict

all the mind's ghosts who have the bad habit

of barfing everywhere.

 

For a long time the Universe

has been germinating in your spine

 

But only a *Pir has the talent,

the courage to slay

the past-giant, the future anxieties.

 

The warrior

wisely sits in a circle

with other men

Gathering the strength to unmask

Himself,

 

Then

Sits, giving,

Like a great illumined planet on

The Earth.

 

- Hafiz

Done