"Candlelight Becomes Moth"

Inside the lover's heart there's another world,
and yet another.

Inside the Friend of this community
of lovers, an ear that interprets mystery,
a vein of silver in the ground, and another sky!

Intellect and compassion are ladders we climb,
and there are other ladders as we walk
the night hearing a voice that talks of forgiveness.

Inside Shams's universe candlelight itself
becomes a moth to die in his candle.

-Rumi