I Am

in still, clear silence I breath
in and out
like a vibrant, living pool of
unrippled water waits
in peace
teaming with potential
the sky etches her reflections on
my softly beating heart
so soft
it moves without disrupting the caress of the clouds

  I am.

Did God say it in the beauty and glory of his own existence?
I am.
  this moment
I am.
  this flesh
I am.
  this breath, this stillness, this
simple
quiet
life

in the air around me, the over-flowing air, I hear
in and out
a rich, growing, moving, patient earth
unsettled soil, so vulnerably laying bare, singing
the creatures all raise up from the curve of its soft skin
new shoots of green and joy
so tender
it blooms in painstaking yet glorious slowness

  I am.

Did God say it in the wonder of knowing his exquisite gift of self?
I am.
  this air
I am.
  this heart
I am.
  this land, this passion, this
moving
stirring
life

In stillness
I breath water
In over-flowing air
I hear earth
In slowness
clouds caress me
In softness
blooms are birthed
In me
I know God and
in God
I know me

I am.