Are you familiar with Rumi? If not, then you ought to be. I won't go on in any detail about the wisdom of this Sufi poet, but I will share one of his poems with you.
You can thank me later...
Bliss—
the instant
spent seated
on the terrace,
me next to you
two forms and
two faces
with just one soul,
me and you
The chatter of birds
the garden’s murmur
flowing
like a fountain of youth
as we stroll
through roses,
me and you
The stars of the firmament, bent low to look over us
Let’s eclipse them, shine like the moon,
me and you
Me and you join,
beyond Me
beyond You
in joy
happy, released from delire and delusion
Me and you, laughing like this,
reach dimensions where celestial birds suck sugary cubes
Magical! me and you, here,
in our corner of earth,
but wafting on airs of Iraq and Khorasan,
me and you
In one form here on earth
in other forms in paradise
eternal, sunk in fields of sugar,
me and you--Translation by Franklin Lewis
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