I Am and I Am Not

RumiRumi

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I’m drenched
in the flood
which has yet to come I’m *******
in the prison
which has yet to exist Not having played
the game of chess
I’m already the checkmate Not having tasted
a single cup of your wine
I’m already drunk Not having entered
the battlefieldI’m already wounded and slain I no longer
know the difference
between image and reality Like the shadow
I amAndI am not
Rumi
About the poet

Rumi

1207 - 1273/Male/PersianOne of the great Sufi poets, Jalal al-Din Rumi was a Sunni Muslim, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic.

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