wells within us

 

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There are different wells within your heart.

Some fill with each good rain,
Others are far too deep for that.

In one well
You have just a few precious cups of water.

That “love” is literally something of yourself.
It can grow as slow as a diamond
If it is lost.

Your love
Should never be offered to the mouth of a
Stranger,

Only to someone
Who has the valor and daring
To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife

Then weave them into a blanket
To protect you.

There are different wells within us.
Some fill with each good rain,

Others are far, far too deep
For that.

—Hafiz

Daniel Ladinsky version

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