A little burro

All day long a little burro labors , sometimes
with heavy loads on her back and sometimes just with worries
about things that bother only
burros

And wories , as we know, can be more exhausting
than physical labor

Once in a while a kind monk comes
to her stable and brings
a pear, but more
than that

He looks into the burro's eyes and touches her ears

and for a few seconds the burro is free
and even seems to laugh,
because love does
that

LOVE FREES

Un poeme de Maître Eckhart ( 1260-1328)