A poem by Rumi

I am not Christian…or Jew
Muslim…or Hindu
Not a Buddhist…Sufi
…or Zen
Not any religion or cultural system
I am not from the East
Or the West
Not out if the Ocean…
Or up from the ground
Not NATURAL or ethereal
Not composed of ELEMENTS at all,
I do NOT exist
am not an entity from this WORLD
or in the next…
Did not descend from Adam and Eve…
Or any origin story
My place is placeless…
a trace of the traceless
Neither body or soul…
I belong to the Beloved
Have seen the two worlds
as one and that one call to
AND KNOW
FIRST,
LAST,
OUTER,
INNER
ONLY that breath,
BREATHING
human
being…

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