birds of passage

The

Classroom

Surely becomes disarrayed

When the teacher is out of sight

Because of our grand

Volcanic 

Spirits.

The 

Birds of passage

Arrive with a broken 

Wing,

Though

Are then lifted by God

So high and

"Low"

To experience the heart

Of everything.

The mind surely becomes disarrayed

When the Teacher is out

Of sight.

~ Hafiz

from The Gift

translations by Daniel Ladinisky