No Box For An Open Mind Poem by Laurence Overmire

I have no religion
And all religion

I am at once Christian
Jewish
Muslim
Buddhist
Hindu

Atheist, sinner, saint

I am everything I
Seek

I have drunk from every
Spring
Each sip a revelation
And a temptation
To satisfy my
Never satisfying

Thirst

You can label me
But you can't divide me
I reject your insinuation

I am myself
My wisdom is mine own

I am one with everything
And so are you

If only you would open
The clasped lock that closes
Your heart.

~ Laurence Overmire

(Previously published in Poets International, May 2014)