Like This

If anyone asks you
how the perfect
satisfaction
of all our sexual wanting
will look, lift your face
and say,
Like this.
When someone mentions
the gracefulness
of the nightsky, climb up
on the roof
and dance and say,
Like this.
If anyone wants to know
what "spirit" is,
or what "God’s
fragrance" means,
lean your head toward
him or her.
Keep your face there
close.
Like this.
When someone quotes
the old poetic image
about clouds gradually
uncovering the moon,
slowly loosen knot by
knot the strings
of your robe.
Like this.
If anyone wonders how
Jesus raised the dead,
don’t try to explain the
miracle.
Kiss me on the lips.
Like this. Like this.
When someone asks
what it means
to "die for love," point
here.
If someone asks how tall
I am, frown
and measure with your
fingers the space
between the creases on
your forehead.
This tall.
The soul sometimes
leaves the body, the
returns.
When someone doesn’t
believe that,
walk back into my house.
Like this.
When lovers moan,
they’re telling our story.
Like this.
I am a sky where spirits
live.
Stare into this deepening
blue,
while the breeze says a
secret.
Like this.
When someone asks
what there is to do,
light the candle in his
hand.
Like this.
How did Joseph’s scent
come to Jacob?
Huuuuu.
How did Jacob’s sight
return?
Huuuu.
A little wind cleans the
eyes.
Like this.
When Shams comes back
from Tabriz,
he’ll put just his head
around the edge
of the door to surprise
us
Like this.