Jalaluddin RumiThis poetry. I never know what I'm going to say. I don't plan it. When I'm outside the saying of it, I get very quiet and rarely speak at all.
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This poem isn't perfect, but it speaks to me. I get quiet when I write because I don't know where this is going. But once I get it out, the rest of the world doesn't matter anymore.
Source: The Essential Rumi
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