when? Maybe 16 years ago. The North Pacific Ocean. We went to visit relatives and friends in Western Washington and Oregon. I was born about four miles from Puget Sound, an arm of the Pacific and spend my first twenty years on or near its eastern shore. Then i moved inland and never went back except for a very occasional brief visit. But i loved it, its in my blood, as they say. I cruised its shore in small boats. Oddly, i was never able to learn to swim.

I am a fountain, You are my water.
I flow from You to You.

I am an eye, You are my light,
I look from You to You.

You are neither my right nor my left.
You are my foot and my arm as well.

I am a traveler, You are my road.
I go from You to You.


-- from Women in Sufism: A Hidden Treasure - Writings and Stories of Mystics Poets, Scholars & Saints, Edited by Camille Adams Helminski

Poetry Chaikhana | Zeynep Hatun - I am a fountain, You are my water