Breath

                                     I died from minerality and became vegetable;

                                   And From vegetativeness I died and became animal.

                                   I died from animality and became man.

                                  Then why fear disappearance through death?

                                  Next time I shall die

                                  Bringing forth wings and feathers like angels;

                                  After that, soaring higher than angels -

                                  What you cannot imagine,

                                   I shall be that.

                                  Rumi was a 13 century Persian poet and mystic.