No More Leaving

At some point

Your relationship with God

Will become like this:

Next time you meet Him

In the forest

Or on a crowded city street,

There won't be anymore

"Leaving."

That is,

God will climb into

Your pocket.

And you will simply

Take yourself

Along.

*from The Gift (1999), poetry ascribed to Hafez, as freely interpreted by Daniel Ladinsky.