Troubled?
Then stay with me, for I am not.

Lonely?
A thousand naked amorous ones dwell in ancient caves
beneath my eyelids.

Riches?
Here's a pick,
my whole body is an emerald that begs,
“Take me.”

Write all that worries you on a piece of parchment;
offer it to God.
Even from the distance of a millenium

I can lean the flame in my heart
into your life

and turn
all that frightens you
into holy
incense
ash.



-Hafiz