Love Comes of its Own Free Will

There is a life-force within your soul, seek that life.

There is a gem in the mountain of your body, seek that
mine.

O traveler, if you are in search of That

Don’t look outside, look inside yourself and seek That.

I see so deeply within myself.

Not needing my eyes, I can see everything clearly.

Why would I want to bother my eyes again

Now that I see the world through His eyes?

There is a candle in the heart of man, waiting to be kindled.

In separation from the Friend, there is a cut waiting to be
stitched.

O, you who are ignorant of endurance and the burning
fire of love—-

Love comes of its own free will, it can’t be learned
in any school.

~ Rumi