THE COMINGS AND GOINGS

I AM HERE NOW
BUT THIS IS NOT ALL
I AM THERE NOW
BUT THIS IS NOT ALL EITHER
FOR I AM THERE NOW BUT OLDER
AND I AM THERE NOW BUT YOUNGER
THERE IS NO PAST TENSE
TO SAY THAT I WAS
AND THERE IS NO FUTURE TENSE
TO SAY THAT I WILL
I AM FOR EVER MOMENT SINCE
AND LIKE WISE
I AM FOR EVER MOMENT HENCE
THE ME BEFORE STILL IS
AND THE ME TO BE THERE IS
FOR I LIVED YESTERDAY
AND I LIVE NOW
THEN WHY CAN'T I YOU SEE
THAT I KIVE IN THE MORROW
IN THE NOW
SOMEWHERE AND SOMEHOW
EACH MOMENT THAT I HAVE EXPIRED
AND EACH MOMENT THAT
IS TO BE EXPIRED
EXISTS AND DOES SO
ETERNALLY INTERNALLY
EXTERNALLY INFINITELY

THESE ARE THE SO CALLED
PARALLEL WORLDS

AND SO FROM THE NOW
OF THE NOW
TO THE NOW OF THE THEN
TO THE KNOW OF THE THE
THERE IS A LINK
WE ARE CONNECTED

AKIN TO A DOMINO PIECE
I CAN FALL BACKWARDS
AND COLLAPSE
ALL THAT IS BEHIND
OR I CAN FALL FORWARD
AND COLLAPSE THAT IS AHEAD
OR
AKIN TO A RAY OF LIGHT
FROM THE NOW OF NOWS
ILLUMINATING THE BYGONERS
WHEN IN RELECTION AND
ILLUMINATING THE BE-COMERS
WHEN IN PROJECTION

EACH BEAT OF HEART
IS ALIVE AND WELL
EACH BEAT OF HEART TO BE
IS ALIVE AND WELL
THE BEFORE HAS ONLY GONE
THE NEXT IS ONLY TO COME
THEY COME AND THEY GO
THEY GO AND THEY COME
THEY ARRIVE AND THEY DEPART
BUT THIS ISN'T
SIMPLY A SITUATION OF
COMINGS AND GOINGS
WHEN OBSERVED ARIGHT
GOING ISN'T OTHER COMING

WRITTEN IN 2007 IN OCTOBER THE 28TH
ON FLIGHT FROM LONDON TO DOHA
FLYING OVER TURKEY 02:09:31 AM HOUS
THE LAND OF YOUNIS EMRE AND MEVLANA RUMI
INSPIRED BY TWO LINES OF MAHMUD SHABISTARI IN HIS WORK 'GARDEN PF MYSTERY'
"yet this isn't a situation of coming and goings. when observed aright going isn't other than coming"

JUST IMAGINE THAT EACH BEAT OF THE HEART THAT HAS BEEN AND THAT IS TO BE AND IS NOW IS ALWAYS TO BE ALIVE AND WELL IN EXISTENCE...IMAGINE THAT...