Is I Am

I am Is.

Is I am.

That Is I am,

That Is I am

I do not like that

Is I am!

I am a mom,

I am a wife.

I am calm and

I am strife.

I am a ME

I have a life!

I am a coach,

An SLP,

I am a helper;

That is me.

I am open,

I am dumb,

So let me see you,

Come, come, come.

But don’t you look too close at me,

For past the dumbness,

You might see,

Pure emptiness;

There is no me.

If you are looking,

If you peer,

You might see that

There is FEAR.

Fear is here!

There is no me!

Fear is all there is

To see.

No me to shove it in a box,

No me to click ten thousand locks.

No me here,

No me there,

Fear, just fear

Is everywhere.

But look once more and you might see,

Fear has turned itself to glee!

Glee is here!

There is no me!

Glee is all there is

To see.

No me to do a happy dance,

No me to laugh, and sing, and prance.

No me here,

No me there,

Glee, just glee

Is everywhere.

But what is this?

Keep looking here!

What if I am glee AND fear?

What if

I’m a mom,

A wife,

Calmness,

Dumbness,

Open strife?

What if I am none at all?

What if I am one and all?

Would I, could I be The ALL?

I’ll be looking

When I can,

I am Is.

Is I am.