I Am

I am the beginning of spring
Curled in on itself, green, gently unfurling
I am the first breath of warmth in a frozen world
Turn a white river into a mirror
I am the slender sapling, the first rose
So fragile, too transient, colours of heaven
Endless wide circle, renewal, transferral
Between the worlds; now living, now changing
Ethereal forces beyond man's own power stir-
Move me, awaken me, change me, grow young in me
I am a second containing a decade
Of things left unsaid, thought fading to blackness
I am the rememberance of darker times
Soft pushing of silken earth to cold skin
I am the birth of a new love, in secret
A clandestine meeting in time left unmeasured
I am a circle of gold for a finger
Band of a promise. Shine, eternal seal
I am a life cut short in its flow
Lying serene in death's unnatural pallor
I am you; I am your secret dreams
Visions of grandeur, muted to fit reality's patterns
I am the shadow amongst your bright fantasies
Tales of your youth, quiet acceptance of then and now
I am hunger, anger, suffering
Confusion, rebellion, corruption
I am beauty, youth, memory
Love, hope and redemption
I am these things and more.
I am all.