There is a Wonderful Game

There is a game we should play and it goes like this
We hold hands and look into each others eyes and scan
each other's face
Then I say "now tell me a difference you see between us."
And you might respond, "Hafiz, your nose is ten times
bigger than mine,"
Then I would say "Yes, my dear, almost ten times!"
But let's keep playing. Let's go deeper. For if we do,
our spirits will embrace and interweave.
Our union will be so glorious that even God will not be
able to tell us apart.
There is a wonderful game we should play with everyone
And it goes like this . . .

-Hafiz, a Sufi Poet

(Offered today by Linda Diehnelt)