As minerals in the ground rise inside trees
and become tree,

as plant faces an animal
and enters the animal,

so a human
can put down the heavy
body baggage and
be light.

~ Rumi

Version by Coleman Barks “The Essential Rumi.” Courtesy of Love Is A Place

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