I Have Come

I have come to drag you out of yourself
  and take you in my heart.
I have come to bring out the beauty
  you never knew you had
  and lift you like a prayer to the sky.
If no one can recognize you, I do
  because you are my life and soul.
Don’t run away, accept your wounds and
  let bravery be your shield.
It takes a thousand stages
  for the perfect being to evolve.
Every step of the way I will walk with you
  and never leave you stranded.
Be patient, do not open the lid too soon.
Simmer away until you are ready.
In this game I make the rules.
I roll you like a ball and chase you
  when I choose.
_{Rumi, Hidden Music ¹ Translated by Mafi and Kolin}

¹ Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, © Azima Melita Kolin and Maryam Mafi, 2001.