I am the blue of skiesI am the blue of skies the black of night the stars on fire in darkness I am the air I breathe the breather the breathing the endless breath the endless I am the singer I am the listener the listened to the listening I am the poet the writing the reader the poem I am the mother the daughter older sister the wife I am the lover the loved the loving the love I am the taught and the learning the teaching and the teacher I am mountains canyons river and sea I am the moon the gazer the shined upon the shining I am the wisher the wishing the wished for the wish I am the beginning the beginner the end and ender I am the in-between the midst the sustaining sustained I am the clouds of winter the clouds of spring the clouded over the clouding I am the yellow sun the sunned the sunning the sunning sunned by the sun © New Year's Eve, 1998, Leslye Layne Russell |