Here, There, Everywhere

I beat it up with fists, I fell into a fit
I fought that fight, with all my might.
I wanted peace, I wanted joy
This anger stood, in my way of life.
I took it all, unfolded on itself
It refused to sway, did not give way.

A blind person walked, towards an abyss
I forgot the fight, jumped to keep him alive.
He thanked me, tears in his eyes
The love that trickled, flowed too from my eyes.
The anger was gone, I was smeared in delight
Amazed by the man, who had just saved my life.

Protecting my tiny self, looking away from all else
Full of discontent, becoming anger without an end.
A tap on my shoulder, I turned around
"We all are in need", came the longing sound.
Anger paused, glanced around
Melting to compassion, as it hit the ground.

Standing in light, facing away from the Sun
I fought and I fought, but the shadows did not run.
I turned around with wounded eyes
to only be filled with wondering surprise.
What I was fighting, did not exist.
The compassion outside was the anger within

How often have I wasted, this oh so! precious life!
In fighting the darkness, when all that I needed, was Light

You are that who I am

I thought I was a rose
Until I pricked someone like a thorn
I thought myself to be a thorn
Until someone loved me like a flower

I thought of me as a Glacier
Only to see myself running like a river
I started believing myself to be a river
Only to behold my expanse as an ocean

I thought myself to be this
But life told me I was that
I started believing myself to be that
But then life whispered I was this

Moving constantly from this to that
Pushed ceaselessly from that to this
An endless battle became this life
Full of struggle, full of strife

A new day then dawned
Just like the days past
but life this day
Had something new to recite

You don't have to be this
You don't have to become that
You are the flower, you are the thorn
You are the glacier, and the ocean
You are this and you are that too
You are everything that I am

When you return home and rest
You know then that I am
When you arrive with nowhere more to go
You know then too that I am
When you surrender into my embrace
You will know for sure who I am
For you are none other than me
You are that who I am
You are that who I am
You are that who I am