I am not supposed to say that I am man
but merely that I am--"human" too much a box
for body to fit in, if I'm going to bring the Soul along.
I am supposed to say "I am, I exist"--but does it silence
the True I AM? The One who made me Be and put flesh
on bones, created body, ripped ribs from each other
and smashed us together in this ground we call earth,
This temporary home?
I am body but not merely--inside somewhere, something
nonphysical that braces itself against the transitory hide:
a breath, and ready to crumble at Your feet.
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