For Amy on her birthday

i am life,
the essence of all that is.
i am Sorrow, i am Joy
i am the light that lies upon the sand
i am the root,
the ingrown growth of all the land
Embodied in Cloud the Mountains stretch forth
i am the innocence of unkown days
i am rivers of feeling
their paths intertwined
my existence an element
in the passing of time

copyright Tim Wolters 1988