{"id":1288,"date":"2021-11-16T13:57:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T21:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2021-11-16T13:57:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T21:57:45","slug":"mystery-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2021\/11\/16\/mystery-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Mystery Mail<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you receive
\nmessages from
\nThe Mystery?<\/p>\n

You know,
\nthe ones
\nbearing a
\ndifferent kind of
\nForever stamp,
\ndelivered by a
\nhummingbird or
\na saxophone solo
\nfloating
\nyour way from
\nan open window
\nthree houses
\ndown or a
\nbit of language
\nbraided into a
\nkeychain with
\na dangling
\nparticiple that
\nopens a
\nsecret doorway?<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll show you
\nthe last one
\nI received,
\nfrom a poet,
\nJalal ad-Din
\nMohammed
\nRumi:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are not
\na drop in
\nthe ocean,
\nyou are the
\nentire ocean in
\na drop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Which I take
\nto mean
\nthere is an
\nocean of you
\nbeyond the
\ndrop in
\nthe bucket
\nyou make
\nyour Self
\nout to be.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Trollinho; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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