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RUMI - "I Used To Be Shy"

I used to be shy.
You made me sing.

I used to refuse things at table.
Now I shout for more wine.

In somber dignity, I used to sit
on my mat and pray.

Now children run through
and make faces at me.

~Rumi, from Rumi Birdsong: Fifty-Three Short Poems

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