Only Breath Poem by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Only Breath

Rating: 2.8


Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu
Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion

or cultural system. I am not from the East
or the West, not out of the ocean or up

from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not
composed of elements at all. I do not exist,

am not an entity in this world or in the next,
did not descend from Adam and Eve or any

origin story. My place is placeless, a trace
of the traceless. Neither body or soul.

I belong to the beloved, have seen the two
worlds as one and that one call to and know,

first, last, outer, inner, only that
breath breathing human being.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Khaya 09 July 2020

This poem depicts deep connection with heart.

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jannanis 13 April 2018

Poor rendition of a deep and beautiful poem.

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Almedia Knight-Oliver 26 December 2012

Most of my life...if not all of my life, I've pondered the question: who am i? While searching through Rumi's poems, i ran across Only Breaththat satisfactorly answers the quesion

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