Precious Words

All the precious words
you and I have exchanged
have found their way
into the heart of the universe.
One day they’ll pour on us
like whispering rain,
helping us rise
from our roots again.

– Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī
“All the Precious Words”
from The Wisdom of Rumi
by Nader Khalili
Wellfleet Press, 2020

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• We Are the Mirror
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – November 19, 2023
• October Afternoon
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – October 1, 2023
• Aglow
• September Garden
• Like a Lotus Flower
• In the Stillness and Silence of This Present Moment
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – June 4, 2023
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – February 14, 2023
• Allow Everything to Rest Right Now
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – January 16, 2023
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – January 4, 2023
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – August 25, 2022
• I Need Do Nothing . . . I Am Open to the Living Light
• When Sorrow Comes
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – November 25, 2021
• The Beauty and Challenge of Being Present in the Moment
• A Sacred Pause
• Just One Wish
• Blue Yonder
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – June 29, 2021
• What We Crave
• Skylight
• “So You Can Only See Beautiful Things”
• November Musings
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – November 18, 2020
• Today I Will Be Still
• The Landscape Is a Mirror
• Adnan in Morning Light
• Somalia Bound
• My Love, “Return to the Root of the Root of Your Own Soul”
• Adnan . . . Amidst Mississippi Reflections and Forest Green
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – April 16, 2019
• Adnan . . . With Sunset Reflections and Jet Trail
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – March 29, 2019

Images: Saaxiib Qurux Badan (“Beautiful Friend”), St. Paul, MN – Michael J. Bayly (11/26/23 and 12/17/23).