i am

i am not defined by my appearance
my profession, my thoughts
not even by these words
bound by punctuation
i am a bird filling the air
with her song as trees dance
and a child smiles
i am a homeless person
an unfinished project to most people
still looking for answers themselves
i am compost and a flower
i am hunger and satiety
i am a woman judging her reflection
as a river carries my image downstream
to a faceless ocean that
evaporates into the air
the breath of all life
an ocean that touches each grain
of sand at every shoreline
i am the setting sun, the heart
breaking against the horizon
bleeding painful and joyous emotions
staining the evening sky with the deepest
intentions of love before moonrise
i am each soul
yearning to be free