I envy their discipline but not enough to do anything about it I blame my culture I blame everyone but myself intent arrives like a call to prayer and is as easy to dismiss Rumi said the two most important things in life were beauty and bewilderment this is likely a mistranslation after thirty years in America my father now dreams in English says he misses the dead relatives he used to be able to visit in sleep how many times are you allowed to lose the same beloveds before you stop believing they’re gone
