I Am

Shamae Budd, 10/18/10

I wonder, then, if this is who “I am”…

Essentially, at the core, the being

I have always been…

This self, this existence, separate

From body or mind or heart…

Is somehow lodged within me.

Seared into every breath and cell:

My soul.

The part of me I cannot understand,

Or see, but only once in a handful of years

Unveils itself to me.

This absoluteness. This completeness.

This individuality that knows no bounds,

And will continue on, when I am gone.

This is who I am, myself. Quintessential.

Constant. Continuous. Unchanging.

This innermost being, this person I have

Always been, will always be, I am.