I Am

I am present, future, and past,

All there is or ever was.

I am the effect,

Also the cause.

I am Adam

And I am Eve.

I am the light in the dark

Which cannot be seen.

I am the hope of millions

And the downfall of the few,

Always there waiting,

Rarely in view.

I am the breaking of sound

At summer’s dawn

And the unbroken winter

When each of us mourn.

I am a redeemer

Though I bring no redemption.

I am happiness,

Also compunction.

I am erstwhile hopes, dreams,

That fade away,

Minute by minute,

Day by day.

I am meaning.

Truth.

Lies.

Fear.

Forever far.

Always near.

I am religion and soul,

Spirit and faith,

Buddha, God, Allah,

Suns, stars, and space.

I am words to a pauper

Uttered long ago, out of

Care and concern

And a wish to grow.

I am emptiness of form,

The no-thing of everything,

The no-ture of nature,

The length of a piece of string.

I cannot be known -

I am in each of you.

I am hope in fear

Life in death,

Sight in blindness,

There in each breath.

I am each moment,

Each grain of time…

I don’t need to make sense;

I can choose when to rhyme.