I am

Because who I am

Is beyond this flesh and blood

These sinews and bones

I am an arching of time

The story telling of generations, woven into DNA, imagination and longing

I am need – aching and raging, unsatisfied, and endless

I am ceaseless searching for satisfaction, a safe haven, for stillness in the ceaseless searching

I am striving, hoping and dreaming – plunging, exploring, gently wondering

I am reaching out for connection and meaning and a deep, abiding affirmation of self

I am bumping into something

That whispers truth – a blade that drives to the core

Such pain!

What hollowing out – what ugly and ruthless matter that confronts and convicts

Yet, deeper still, there’s

Exposing and releasing a great, shining essence

That stops time

That finds the note of all things – a resonance that builds and grows

And what is left bows deeply, letting go, pouring out

Wild abandonment

I am flesh and blood,

Wrapped and bound in glory and Goodness

I am sinews and bones

The mundane transfixed and transformed

Infused

I am these solid feet

On humble ground

I am