All through Eternity

Beauty unveils His exquisite form
in the solitude of nothingness;
He holds a mirror to His Face
and beholds His own beauty.
he is the knower and the known,
the seer and the seen;

No eye but His own
has ever looked upon this Universe.
His every quality finds an expression:
Eternity becomes the verdant field of Time and Space;
Love, the life-giving garden of this world.

Every branch and leaf and fruit
Reveals an aspect of His perfection-
They cypress give hint of His majesty,
The rose gives tidings of His beauty.

Whenever Beauty looks,
Love is also there;
Whenever beauty shows a rosy cheek
Love lights Her fire from that flame.
 

When beauty dwells in the dark folds of night
Love comes and finds a heart
entangled in tresses.

Beauty and Love are as body and soul.
Beauty is the mine, Love is the diamond.

They have together
since the beginning of time-
Side by side, step by step.......

Jalaluddin Rumi 

I Am and I Am Not

I’m drenched in the flood
which has yet to come
I’m tied up in the prison
which has yet to exist

Not having played
the game of chess
I’m already the checkmate
Not having tasted
a single cup of your wine
I’m already drunk

Not having entered
the battlefield
I’m already wounded and slain
 

I no longer
know the difference
between image and reality

Like the shadow
I am
And
I am not



Jalaluddin Rumi

Inside Of Me

If you could see inside my soul

see inside my heart

you would know how I long for you

whenever we're apart

If you could see inside my head

if thoughts were things to see

you would know how I cherish you

how much you mean to me

In all the ways you comfort me

the way you hold me near

the way you know just what to do

to chase away my fear

The sparkle in your beautiful eyes

your smile, laugh, your touch

are just a few of many reasons

I love you oh so much

Knowing I can talk to you

about any and everything

and knowing together we will get

through whatever life may bring

I could search the whole world over

and this I know is true

I would never find another love

like the love I found with you

Though with each new day, each sunrise

we can't know what's in store

there is one thing I know for sure

each day I love you more

So if you could see inside my head

if thoughts were things to see

you would know I blessed I feel

to have you here with me

- Written and owned by Jay Scott -

Everytime I Look At The Stars

I gazed in your eyes,
Such a beautiful blue;
My heart whispered to me,
And that’s right when I knew;

The waves had ceased crashing,
On the sand at our feet;
Time had stopped passing,
My search was complete;

I finally discovered,
What I'd known all along; 

A mystery uncovered,
That just couldn't be wrong;

It wasn't our first kiss,
Nor' the day that we met;
But I realized something,
I will never forget;

With the stars shining brightly,
From high up above;
I'd one word to describe it,
That word, is love.
I knew then these feelings,

For my sweetheart were true;
The man of my dreams,
And my soulmate, is you.
I think of it every time,

That I look at the stars;
This memory is mine,
But that moment was
OURS.


- Stephanie Lumley -

Do you Love Me?

A lover asked his beloved,
Do you love yourself more
than you love me?

The beloved replied,
I have died to myself
and I live for you.

I’ve disappeared from myself
and my attributes.
I am present only for you.

I have forgotten all my learning,
but from knowing you
I have become a scholar.

I have lost all my strength,
but from your power
I am able.

If I love myself
I love you.

If I love you
I love myself.

Looking For Your Face

From the beginning of my life
I have been looking for your face
but today I have seen it........

Today I have seen the charm, the beauty,
the unfathomable grace of the face that I was looking for
 

Today I have found you
and those who laughed and scorned me yesterday
are sorry that they were not looking as I did

I am bewildered by the magnificence of your beauty
and wish to see you with a hundred eyes

My heart has burned with passion
and has searched forever
for this wondrous beauty that I now behold

I am ashamed to call this love Human
and afraid of God to call it Divine

Your fragrant breath 

like the morning breeze
has come to the stillness of the garden
You have breathed new life into me
I have become your sunshine
and also your shadow


My soul is screaming in ecstasy
Every fiber of my being  is in love with you

 
Your effulgence has lit a fire in my heart
for me ....the earth and sky 

 
My arrow of love has arrived at the target

I am in the house of mercy
and my heart  is a place of prayer.....


Jalaluddin Rumi

If You Are Reading This

If you are reading this

I want you to know

That even after all this time

I haven't let you go

I still think of you

When I'm all alone

I still hope you'll call me

As I stare at the phone...

If you are reading this

Maybe then you'll see

That even after all this time

You're everything to me

And I'm trying so hard

To not become sad

When I start to think about

What we could have had...

If you are reading this

Maybe you'll understand

How much it hurts me

To see you leaving me alone

But you won't know I'm sad

You won't know I want to die

Because I'm still smiling

Even when I want to cry

And if you are reading this

I hope you will see...

That I'm still in love with you

And it's slowly killing me............

 Tinydancery 

What Do They Know

I face the world with a smile, no one knows what is hid inside.
They see only happiness, they cant see the tears I've cried.
When I am alone I hurt, because here I do it well.
In front of all the watchful eyes my heaven turns to hell.

The judge and jury awaits me, everyone has a say.
In a life that hangs suspended for yet another day.
Who are they to judge if what I have done is right or wrong?
In the end I gave him up, but inside still sing his song.

I don't know how to find the strength I thought I had.
If only I could play tough it wouldn't be so bad.
They say that life goes on and someday I'll smile again.
But, how do they know my pain without being where I've been?
I've traveled so far from home, and can't find my way back.

Somewhere along the way I must have jumped the track.
I saw him just today and his smile is still the same.
He looked at me so sweetly, but never spoke my name.
I wonder if he remembers me, It hasn't been that long.
He may have forgotten me, but I still sing his song.