Clay and Light • Thariq Shihipar

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On the two modes of being — driven by desire or moved by something inexplicable.

Clay and Light This is a poem I come back often. I think I will spend the rest of my life thinking about it. Bismillah It’s a habit of yours to walk slowly. You hold a grudge for years. With such heaviness, how can you be modest? With such attachments, do you expect to arrive anywhere? Be wide as the air to learn a secret. Right now you’re equal portions clay and water, thick mud. Abraham learned how the sun and moon and the stars all set. He said, No longer will I try to assign partners for God. You are so weak. Give up to grace. The ocean takes care of each wave till it gets to shore. You ne

Clay and Light • Thariq Shihipar

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