I Or We Poem by Ellen Ni Bheachain

Where I am,
And what I see,
Makes or changes,
Who I be,
For,
Who am I?
Is who I be,
As time goes on,
I ask,
Where is the we?

So,
From time to time,
The changes we see,
And,
Those changes in us,
Changes us as time goes by,

So,
Who am I?
Is who I be,
At that time, I was that,
And at this time, I am me,
For,
Time changes everything,
When,
Time takes its toll,

It even changes our looks,
And how we think,
So,
Who am I today?
Here and now?
Is what I have evolved into?
As time dealt it toll,
In,
Everyday life,
And,
All its worries and woes,

Now fate has its course,
And sometimes it so happens,
Your fate or your destiny,
Sets it all straight,
Or time plays a blinder,
So, trials and tribulations,
Takes you astray,

Leaving you asking,
What, when and how?
Getting back to where you belong?
Or, back to where you left off?
Can cause you stress,
And cause you strain,
With dealing and decided,
Where do you belong?

But once you go back,
To where once you belonged?
It leads you back there,
A place to call home,
If going back there is no path,
Another path will lead the way,

Then finding another place,
Is where you begin,
A fresh new beginning,
A new path and a sense,
To where now you belong,
Let's you settle and rest,

So, once you belong,
You no longer need,
To take time at all.
To the who and what am I,
Because now you belong,
As you gather and meet,
The I become we,
Adding a sense of belonging,
From I alone.