Inside this new love, die.
Your way begins on the other side.
Become the sky.
Take an axe to the prison wall.
Escape.
Walk out like someone suddenly born into color.
Do it now.
You’re covered with thick cloud.
Slide out the side. Die,
and be quiet. Quietness is the surest sign
that you’ve died.
Your old life was a frantic running
from silence.
The speechless full moon
comes out now.
Adam Astra 
“Inside this new love, die.”
That first line… is all there is to say.
He has another one starting with the line
“Our death is our wedding with eternity”
here’s a link http://dpsinfo.com/dps/sixfeetunder.html
Thanks so much for reading and taking the time to comment. Love it!
You’re most welcome… and yes, I have read this one before.
So much ground, in a grain of sand, Rumi…
I have read this poem at a variety of sources. It’s usually followed by comments on its “awesomeness” and about how pregnant with meaning it is. What I have never been able to find is an interpretation of it. In your opinion, what does it mean? What does it mean to say, “inside this new love, die”?
It is a reference to the death of the ego (the false self) and the birth (or rebirth) of the true (ego-less) self, with love being the catalyzing, purifying force of change — a common theme in Eastern mystical literature.