Who Am I

Who am I? This is a question that unable, I am, a definite Answer to give For Buried I find myself, under layers upon layers of Beliefs and prejudices that centuries past, have Deposed upon my helpless and unwilling soul! Who am I? Before a reply, to the posed question, I attempt to give, First, I have to strip myself of the garments that History, religion, and culture have dressed me, so As the real me appears: The kernel of truth that nature has intended me to be Thus Nude I will be facing the world with No nationality, Free from any religious beliefs, Liberated from history and its past crimes And so Naked, untarnished, and pure, ready I would be to Judge things, once more, with an open mind, and in that way My own true identity to find: The “I”, without any adjectives, whatsoever. Having no name this time, I ask the question again: Who am I? Am I the Chaos or am I the Cosmos? Am I the Division or am I the Union? Am I the Hate or am I the Love? Am I the Folly or am I the reason? Am I the Good or am I the Evil? Whoever I am, I’m all of the above: The Chaos and the Cosmos The Division and the Union The Hate and the Love The Folly and the Reason The Good and the Evil and Every conceivable opposing force in the Universe that exists For Creation impossible would be without this Endless war of opposing forces: Of life and death Of cold and hot Of arid and humid Of light and darkness Because The laws that govern the macrocosm are The same laws that govern the microcosm So As the relentless war in the universe never ceases In the same way, the war within us, unending is. Who am I? The answer perhaps is that I am the one who is called upon A sense out this Cosmos to make for I am the key with which The mystery of life will be unlocked, The one to understand that the necessity of the opposing forces is Paramount and nothing can exist without its opposite, The one that has to realize that he is never pure evil or pure good But good to the degree of his understanding and evil to the degree of His ignorance, The one who has to grow to the point as to recognize the fact that He has to copy the harmonious universal order of things and adapt it in his Society and within himself for to live in harmony and finally, I am the one that will eternally struggle to comprehend who he is, where he is, What he is and the reason for his existence in order to understand the Cosmic Order and live according to its demands, Therefore, my friends, my question lingers: WHO AM I? © Demetrios Trifiatis 12 NOVEMBER 2014