May Milky Way over Big Meadows, Shenandoah NP
"At the time of night prayer when the sun has set;
as the senses close, the way to the unseen opens.
The angel of sleep, like a shepherd, drives the spirits
to the placeless, to spiritual meadows of a thousand marvels.
As sleep erases the impressions of this world
What cities, what gardens the spirit beholds there!
Remembering no more the burdens
and the weight on this earth,
the heart is freed from all the cares of this world."
- Rumi (13th Century Sufi mystic / poet)
