"Who Makes These Changes"" by Rumi is merely an eleven-lined poem, but is full of insight. The poem starts out by asking, "Who makes these changes"" Throughout the poem, Rumi never makes the suggestion or even states the fact that he is talking about the power of God. He simply talks about all of the changes that occur from what he wants to the reality of the situation, but he never speaks of who makes them. By questioning who makes these changes, Rumi is stating that he is not in charge, but God is. The rest of the poem does not answer the question, but talks about the situations in which Rumi is not in charge and not making the changes. Finally, the ending lines warn human kind to be careful of what they want.

The second and third lines are a cause and effect scenario. "I shoot...