but a vessel....resplendent in the ways of my life....
having sampled from the dark recesses...
and the glories bathed in the warmth of the sun...
i have fought for my convictions...
and for the ones with whom i share this planet...
i have felt the edge of loneliness acute...
its slice into my flesh...
as it lay siege upon my heart...
i have lived without love...and then
i have loved...and thus, begun to live...
therein lies....of what i am comprised..
the concepts once held
i reject.
the values we shared
i object.
the faiths we adhered to
i detest.
that which we took stock in
i protest.
i see and feel what we have rejected....the love and the life we killed...
through me now protected....
to see this whole world as it is....not as we choose...
to taste its lush beauty....to sample and cherish...to seek it and reach it and treasure it and then...
to be one and hold it as it is....
i endure....within me and without...
i am the breeze....invisible yet felt.
i am me....so then...
who are you?