Every Child Not every Child
Has known God, Has known God,
Not the God of names, All no-named, especially Gods,
Not the God of don’ts, No don’ts, only one do.
Not the God who ever No Life, surviving is weird,
Anything weird, Anything good, beyond belief,
But the God who only But this God speaks not-a-word,
knows four words and vocabulary of wet, dampening silence,
keeps repeating them, no repetition or explaining required,
saying: saying (nothing, only raining tears:):
“Come dance with Me.” “Rain is water, life,”
Come Dance. Come Survive,. Dance in Rain.
Hafiz (1320-1389). Lipstadt (20~21st Century)
May 6, 2023
May 6, 2023 at 3:17 PM UTC
Every Child Not every Child
Has known God, Has known God,
Not the God of names, All no-named, especially Gods,
Not the God of don’ts, No don’ts, only one do.
Not the God who ever No Life, surviving is weird,
Anything weird, Anything good, beyond belief,
But the God who only But this God speaks not-a-word,
knows four words and vocabulary of wet, dampening silence,
keeps repeating them, no repetition or explaining required,
saying: saying (nothing, only raining tears:):
“Come dance with Me.” “Rain is water, life,”
Come Dance. Come Survive,. Dance in Rain.
Hafiz (1320-1389). Lipstadt (20~21st Century)
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