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You must marry your soul.
That wedding is the way.

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Every rose that is sweet-scented within,
That rose is telling of the secrets of the Universal.

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 Die, die, die in this love. 
 If you die in this love your soul will be renewed. 

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With every breath
I plant the seeds of devotion - I am a farmer of the heart.

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 I will soothe you and heal you. 
 I will bring you roses. I too have been covered with thorns. 

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My arrow of love has arrived at the target.
I am in the house of mercy, and my heart is a place of prayer.

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 My place is the Placeless, my trace is the Traceless, 
 ‘Tis neither body nor soul, for I belong to the soul of the Beloved. 

—RUMI

Mixed Media Illustration, 2014