Can You Guess Who I AM?

This is a poem written by the main character who is coming to life in the process of writing my new book. Have you ever began a creative project and found a life and vibrancy within the the work that was completely unexpected? I highly recommend the experience. Most days at the writing desk for me are made up of just sitting down and getting to work. Sometimes the Great Mystery blesses a devoted practice with words from somewhere, someone, beyond the imagination. I met a character in my newest project who vexes me, teaches me  and thrills me. She wanted to share a poem that came at the end of her long life of wonders wrapped in tribulations:

She Writes Another Poem Upon Her Bedroom Wall

Can You Guess Who I AM?

I am the will of heaven.

I am the scion of verdant earth.

I am all that came before.

I am the end within the circle.

I am humbled in magnificence.

I am known everywhere in anonymity.

I am the song between the notes.

I am the memory betwixt the words.

I swim in your veins.

I die at your bedside.

I am born every moment.

I reside in the time beyond time.

Can you say who I am?

No?

That is the beginning of wisdom.

The question is all you need to know.

Can you guess what I am?

Breathe in;

you will find me.

Breathe out;

you will find me.

Cease your struggle to breathe

and you will Be me.

Love,

Rick

(c) Copyright Words and Image, Richard Sievers, April 2015