"His lips grew sweet with praising, until a cynic said, "So! I have heard you calling out, but have you ever gotten any response?" The man had no answer to that. He quit praying and fell into a confused sleep. † ~ prayer (histories : 14) a plaintive cry near split the sky expansive, silent, still a wanting soul feared dark was nigh no grace their heart could fill the call arose repeatedly echoed 'cross hill and vale could mercy long ignore such plea such burden and travail? then sound to quiet Spirit's plight in whispers of the wind the light of love, the love of light they are forever twinned there is a balm for every care an answer lives in every prayer thus ask for neither here nor there for what is sought is everywhere the weary traveler may plead to freedom find at last for end to want and end to need that trials all be past and yet may waken from their sleep a soul in light now basking for as you sow so shall you reap the answer is the asking there is a balm for every care an answer lives in every prayer thus ask for neither here nor there for what you seek is everywhere now you may waken from your sleep your soul in light now basking when faith is but a simple leap your answer is your asking there is a balm for every care an answer lives in every prayer thus ask for neither here nor there for what you seek is everywhere rjh 25jul2026 ~ † Coleman Barks, "Love Dogs." Rumi : The Book of Love : Poems of Ecstasy and Longing. HarperOne : 2009. sound design and illustration by rjh and chat-gpt 5.6 sol (xtra heavy) original persian text in translation : description : https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Masnavi_I_Ma%27navi/Book_III inspired by story i : the travelers who ate the young elephant 🐘 persian text : https://ganjoor.net/moulavi/masnavi/daftar3/sh7 : circa 1270 nb : this is the material plane ... and every outward thing we do is inner work ... 🙏
