The wind blows <br />Across my face <br />My shadow moves <br />From place to place <br /> <br />My heart beats <br />Slow and fast <br />My life flows <br />Into the past <br /> <br />I ask The Cosmos <br />Who am I? <br />I ask my reflection <br />As it heaves a sigh <br /> <br />The warrior's sorrow <br />Fills my soul <br />From life to life <br />From goal to goal <br /> <br />Melancholic rapture <br />Pulls me deep <br />As I learn to fly <br />Within my sleep <br /> <br />Love and goodness <br />Guide my life <br />Peace and stillness <br />Calm my strife <br /> <br />Abandon hope <br />The Buddhists say <br />False illusion <br />Blinds the way <br /> <br /> <br />Where is desire? <br />In all this? <br />Where is passion? <br />And eternal bliss? <br /> <br />Where is woman? <br />In my heart? <br />How does romance <br />Play a part? <br /> <br />Content to live <br />A life alone <br />Gnawing idly <br />On my bone <br /> <br />Is this it? <br />Is this all there is? <br />No more bangs? <br />No more fizz? <br /> <br />Must I live? <br />Without embrace? <br />No more kisses <br />On my face? <br /> <br />I hold a torch <br />To light the way <br />Through the darkness <br />Of each day <br /> <br />I wander lost <br />Into the mist <br />Fading fast <br />The loves I've kissed <br /> <br />The magic presence <br />Thrills my spine <br />Starry passion <br />Pours like wine <br /> <br />Drunk I am <br />Full of wonder <br />My mind a swirling <br />Mass of thunder <br /> <br />Lightning flashes <br />Through my eyes <br />Rain is pouring <br />From my skies <br /> <br />Who am I? <br />I ask once more <br />A giant face <br />Looks through a door <br /> <br />A face that glows <br />That pours out love <br />Is this face me? <br />I ask a dove <br /> <br />As she flies with stillness <br />Through my soul <br />Her silent answer <br />Makes me whole <br /> <br />Now this body drifts <br />Into the past <br />I leave its shell <br />Free at last <br /> <br />I'm flying now <br />Free from matter <br />No more noise <br />And human clatter <br /> <br />A new formed body <br />Carries me away <br />Reborn to live <br />Another day <br /> <br />Another life <br />Another name <br />Different strife <br />And a different game <br /> <br />A newness that fills me <br />With new wonder <br />More new lessons <br />And more new blunder <br /> <br />On and on <br />The wheel I go <br />Who I am <br />I'll never know<br /><br />Brian Routh<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/who-am-i-116/
