I wish I could show you
when you are lonely or in darkness
the astonishing light of your own being.
Even after all this time
the Sun never says to the Earth,
"You owe me."
Look what happens
With a love like that,
It lights the whole sky.
Fear is the cheapest room in the house.
I would like to see you living in better conditions.
Daniel Ladinsky, writing as the Persian poet Hafez
