Mevlana Jelal-al-din Rumi

Mevlana Jelal-al-din Rumi
The fact we exist at all is a random grace note of a forgotten symphony. 
—Naomi Shihab Nye

752 years ago, a random grace 
blew in, blessed 
the planet for sixty-six years
Then, a great soul flew
May peace be upon him

We are left
with his marks recast
in our tongue— 
first poems 
I chose to read 
Where had I been