Search the darkness
Sit with your friends;
don't go back to sleep.
Don't sink like a fish
to the bottom of the sea.
Surge like an ocean,
don't scatter yourself
like a storm.
Life's waters flow
from darkness.
Search the darkness,
don't run from it.
Night travelers are full of light,
and you are, too; don't leave
this companionship.
Be a wakeful candle
in a golden dish,
don’t slip in the dirt
like quicksilver.
The moon appears
for night travelers,
be watchful when
the moon is full.
(Rumi)
