Rumi says
be a lantern
or a lifeboat
or a ladder
but I think
maybe also
we should
be a nightlight
whispering comfort
into the darkness
be the moon
whose energy
surges and ebbs
who hides behind clouds humming
its haunting melody
then thrusts itself
full and naked
into the borderless sky
be the fireflies
festooning the tips
of the long grass
be the stars
the drinking gourd
guiding the grief-stricken
and abused
and yes of course be the ladder
to the escape hatch
be the waiting lifeboat bobbing in the current
be the lantern
lighting our way home
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