You're water. We're the millstone.You're wind. We're dust bl... - Rumi, The Essential Rumi

"You're water. We're the millstone.You're wind. We're dust blown up into shapes.You're spirit. We're the opening and closing of our hands. You're the clarity.We're the language that tries to say it.You're joy. We're all the different kinds of laughing."

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