Mariah Turner

“A lover has four streams inside, of water, wine, honey, and milk. Find those in yourself, and pay no attention what so-and-so says about such-and-such. The rose does not care if someone calls it a thorn, or a jasmine. Ordinary eyes categorize human beings, That one is a Zoroastrian. This one, Muslim. Walk instead with the other vision given you,... See more

“God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites so that you will have two wings to fly, not one”

There are fake satisfactions that simulate passion.

They taste cold and delicious,

but they just distract you and prevent you

from the search. They say,

“I will relieve your passion.

Take me. Take me!”

Run from false remedies

that dilute your energy. Keep it rich and musky.

What blurt is this about virtue and about vice? Evil propels me and reform of evil propels me, I stand indifferent, My gait is no fault-finder's or rejecter's gait, I moisten the roots of all that has grown.