Sweet Synchronisity

I homeschool my daughter aged fourteen. Actually we do a lot of carschool. We listen to CD's while driving into town. We are listening to Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White, which is basically a story about abandonment. One of the key plot elements in this story is a Rumi poem. 

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep.

You must ask for what you really want.
Don't go back to sleep.

People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.

The door is round and open.
Don't go back to sleep.

My daughter fell in love with this poem.  The experience opened a new door to good poetry for me and an opportunity for an interesting discussion. I interpret the poem from a dharma point of view. I think that when Rumi says "Don't go back to sleep." he is talking about not losing awareness. I don't know if I would have pondered this poem as much if it hadn't been for my daughter. She has a way of zeroing-in on really good things.  I love it when our homeschool brings us both to a new level of learning.