Poetry is to Music as Lyric is to Soul: Vain Talk

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Vain Talk

And when they hear vain talk, they turn away therefrom and say: "To us our deeds, and to you yours; peace be to you: we seek not the ignorant." -Qur'an, Al-Qasas, Surah 28:55 Vain Talk Shams laughs in holy amazement. Why do we share such things? Is it Love or our holy fear? The stories we tell; The vain wanderings of our dramas; These edify what? Shams breathes in holy awareness. We so, long for love. Often, the silence terrorizes; And we drown it in our vain stories. Estaughforallah! Breathe in... Sign in to see full entry.

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