I am

I am



















a particular manifestation of the earth's contemplation of itself.





















I came to be from dust,





















and to dust shall I return.














I sculpt time and space awhile,





















leave my mark














and my seed





















and then am gone





















in the blink of an eye.
















I am a recycling machine,












a borrower of elements















that pass through me,





























































constantly becoming,





















always flowing.
















I am the river that flows through me














and through time.















I am my ancestors incarnate.






















































I am a tube within a tube,














swimming through time,
















always becoming

who I am.