You Are
written by: Nolo Segundo
You are, and not as feared…
Just a birthing and a dying,
Nothing before, nothing after.
No, that is your body (and brain)
—but you are forever,
Without beginning, without end,
A soul stepping briefly
Out of eternity into a fragile
Shell alone and lost
In a world of life and death,
Sunrise and sunset, desire and
Regret. Yet you forget what you
Truly are: the very breath of God.
And so you blunder through this
Dream-speckled life like an
Orphaned child hungering for home.
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
This poem was inspired by John Clare’s magnificent poem, ‘I Am.’
Nolo Segundo, pen name of retired teacher L.J. Carber, 77, became a published poet and essayist in his 8th decade in over 180 literary journals in 14 countries. In addition to the 2 previous poetry books published by Cyberwit, THE ENORMITY OF EXISTENCE and OF ETHER AND EARTH, a 3rd book, SOUL SONGS, was released year ago which includes in addition to 60 poems the mini-memoir, 'The Day I Remembered My Soul.'
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