I AM (a poem)

I AM

I am birth and new life

I am the laughter of a child

I am the face of the beloved

I am that love which has no name

I am also the wind and rain

I am the clouds in the summer sky

I am the oceans and the tides,

the seasons and the sunrise.

I am the stars and silver moon

I am the Earth and all her children

I am the tender kiss and the lover’s touch

I am also the torture and the pain

I am also that which is ignorant and vain

I am also that greatest ignorance – unaware of all that I am

I am the illusion of a separate self and name.

I am also healing and love to make whole again.

I am also all the suffering of the world and all its pain

I am also the last breath, and the re-becoming again.