I Am

I am, the nothing I am, the everything The embers of misty memories The heat in the heart of forbidden love The futile ashes of yesterdays beginnings The storm-filled air Where treasonous thoughts fight for acceptance In a mediocre existence I am copper and colour and molten metal Fused with love, hate, passion Enraptured by vision in a blinded existence A babies cry, a banshees wail The olfactory reverence of a loved ones perfume I am silk and velvet, leather and lace The eagle, both regal and soaring The bear, gruesome, yet protective The Earth, the Heavens The all and the nothing...