Rumi's Poetess and the Poet

I'm never sure when I create a piece whether it has worked until it finds a home. Even more flattering is a totally unexpected response from a new owner. Derek Rescei, who recently bought edition number 1 of Rumi's Poetess,  penned this most elegant poem to accompany the artwork and I have to share it.  The full story associated with the artwork can be found here

Beneath the scimitar moon 
Dark dervishes flail across
The ship-stern dunes
 
Piecing the sands of eternity
From whence slotted eyes
With black masks stare
 
Cradle of ecstatic beliefs­­
We return, as pilgrims
But to our hearts
 
Into which you enter on a full tide
Safe harbour for your dhow
Fluked to my soul

Derek Rescei (c)