I'M Mainly Like Myself Poem by Daniel Ionita

I’m mainly like myself, most of the time
And so unlike myself, some of the time
Sometimes I am like you
Or someone else I knew
The clouds, the stones, the flowers in my climb

Along with everyone, my breath I draw
Not quite like you, or not by the same law
Sometimes I’m breathing in, while others out
You’re silent here, while over there I shout
Be still and shout and breath, the same old flow.

You’re in my tears, the world, the universe,
Though only I can understand my curse;
One washes over tears, another drowns
Tears meant for crocodiles, or meant for clowns;
Some stay with me forever, some disperse.

In me a million diamond faces glow;
Some luminous, some dark, some high, some low,
Today your face might smile, tomorrow too...
But not the same, though certainly it’s you.
All cherished offerings to Creation’s flow.