I Am

It's not that I don't want to feel

the wind

of a thousand wild storms

or dance in the blaze

of one electrifying  kiss

It's just that, in the midst

of it all

I want to be

clear

like crystal is clear

calm

like that old sleepy oak

So deep down rooted

and wide-armed welcoming

of what

IS

that even when the ground trembles

and crumbles

beneath me

I See

like the mountain Sees

I Am

the life-giving

Breath

at the center

of it all