Empty and The Ocean

A dive into the ocean of Sufi poetry with contemporary Sufi poet Baraka Blue.

From the author:

In the name of Infinite Compassion and Mercy. What you hold in your hands is a collection of poems. These poems are reflections on living and dying and dreaming and awakening. I proceed with the firm conviction — for what reasons I cannot say — that below the layers of persona we each wear, there is a place deep within where we all meet. It is for this reason that we can feel deeply the expression of another being. Without this, there would be an impassible chasm between each individual. In a forest, each tree appears an island, separate from all others. But, below the surface their roots are intimately interwoven, and more importantly, they are all woven into — and out of — the ground of being itself.

We circumambulate
The present tense
With every breath

We circumnavigate
Endlessness’s
Precious lips

Till every ship
Capsized
In the selfless
Self

Put your blade to
The neck of death
And let it
Let