-- The Whirling Dervish --

By John Herlihy

Ecstasy of the whirling dervish,

Whirling about in feverish pitch.

In the circle of stars sparkling,

Light in the heart pulsating..

In the absolute circle – center,

Divinity as one’s only mentor.

The unbearable lightness of being,

The blind eye now innerly seeing.

Dancing in the embrace of surrender,

The one thing needful to remember.

Good-bye world, no longer to miss,

Such blessed ecstasy as total bliss.

There in the embrace of the One,

In the warp and weft of light spun.

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Saturday 12 August 2023