Cry out! Don't be stolid and silent....by Rumi

Give your weakness
to one who helps.

Crying out loud and weeping 
are great resources.

A nursing mother, all she does
is wait to hear her child.

Just a little beginning-whimper
and she's there.

God created the child,
that is, your wanting,

so that it might cry out,
so that milk might come.

Cry out!
Don't be stolid and silent

with your pain. Lament! And let the milk
of loving flow into you.

The hard rain and wind
are ways the cloud has
to take care of us.

Be patient.
Respond to every call
that excites your spirit.

Ignore those that make you fearful
and sad, that degrade you
back toward disease and death.

~ Rumi
“Cry Out in Your Weakness”
translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne