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How Did The Rose?

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How
did the rose
ever open its heart
and give to this world all of its beauty?
It felt the encouragement of light against its being,
otherwise we all remain too
frightened.

- Hafiz

- Version by Daniel Ladinsky

- From Love Poems from God

- Photo Credit: Phoolanjaya

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