I Am Not..


I am not a Christian, Jew, pagan, or Muslim.

I am neither an Easterner nor a Westerner,

neither a land nor a sea person.

Nature can't fully account for me,

nor can the whirling cosmos.

I don't exclusively belong to earth, water, fire, or air.

I am not of the invisible-ineffable, nor of the dust--

I am not a process or a being.

I am not of this world or the next, and deserve

neither eternal reward nor eternal punishment.

I am not of Adam or Eve,

not of the original Garden nor the final one.

My home has no address; my tracks leave no trace.

I am neither body nor soul--What can I say?

I belong to the Self of the Beloved.

Rumi