I Am

lyrical poetry from the Self.

I am, always are, f'rever be

The one you love, you know,

You see

In your head, in your heart, close your eyes,

No--I'm, not dead

I think, so I am, so I try

Do or do not, I can,

I sigh

What's the point, my purpose, on this Earth,

Death, and birth

I'm not, anymore, or at all,

How could I let this be?

Be free

To be more, to be great, to be loved,

Yeah, love me.

Baby, come with me, you will see,

What this life has to give

We three

You and I, us and them, must learn to

live and die.

The End... The End... The End... The End...

Reviews

[I am that I am]

I enjoyed this. I believe that how we view ourselves is in fact how we view the world around us. You and I are simply an empty canvas. A canvas with many drawings on it, but underneath, an empty canvas. A canvas free to paint whatever picture it wants; and free to remove whatever picture it wants as well. I have rather enjoyed the picture you've painted. Thanks for sharing, Elijah.

[Elijah Michael Madden]

The metaphor for self I tend to come back to is one shared to me by my philosophy professor when lecturing on eastern thought. Your "spirit" (whatever it is you deem "truly" you) is like a candle in a glass display case, where the case is your physical self (brain, body, whatever) and it's up to you to keep it clean so the light of your true self will shine through. I think I might trade it in for this blank canvas metaphor ;)
I'm glad you enjoyed this.

[I am that I am]

That's quite a clever way to put it; the candle in the display case. Eastern thought seems to put it right on the nose in that way. I feel like Western thought (and all religious/spiritual views for that matter) tend to point there as well. They are expressed quite differently throughout the world but they all seem to have the same point. This idea of emptying yourself or keeping yourself clean; remembering the true self within us. I like listening to the different expressions but the Eastern thought has always seemed to click more directly with most people in terms of making that point. Thanks for the response, Elijah. I'll be sure to check out more of your work as well.