This Marriage

“This marriage be wine with halvah,

honey dissolving in milk. 

This marriage be the leaves and fruit

 of a date tree. This marriage 

be women laughing together for days

 on end. This marriage, a sign 

for us to study. This marriage,

 beauty. This marriage, a moon 

 in a light-blue sky. This marriage,

this silence fully mixed with spirit.”

– Rumi

No my words tonight. Only Rumi’s. And one frame from me. Because sometimes you have to be silent. Because this picture is so much more than I can say in any language.