I Am.What Is? To Be.A Poem by Arly ParentI try to live my life well. I claim to be something. I say I am. I must breathe it and live it in everything that I do. I STAND for something.
I Am
the red flag a burning brand an olive branch a floating leaf on the eaves of the ether I Am I stand for something I Am an ideal stemming idyllic springs of life-sustaining water reasons for being and doing and saying and speaking reasons for breathing other than necessity reasons for structure, truth, and mercy-- reasons for love and honor I stand for something I Am the S-shaped pattern on the diamond hard shield the blood stained t the dove arrayed with light I Am i am Meaning
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StatsAuthorArly ParentLantana, FLAboutThere's nothing about me. I play with pauses as well as silence. I write words, assign meanings and junk, and play with a language that might be as much my own as another. I don't know. more..Writing
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