Before the sacred silence is all encompassing
Before the universe emanates from a singular core of fire and light
Before stars explode and planets rise
Before oceans become a watery womb to life itself
I AM EXISTENCE
Before snow blankets cedars in Northern mountains
Before a forrest of alpine larches set the hills on fire
Before the wind stirs up an undulating flow of waves on prairie fields
Before rain washes over dusty ground and cleanses everything
Before wildflowers and honeybees
Before a watchful deer stands motionless in the morning meadow
Before sunrise
Before sunset
I AM LIFE
Before the cries of the world ring out
Before grief settles in like a dense fog
Before the sting of tears
Before anger erupts
Before the doubt creeps in
Before the bough breaks
I AM LONGING
Before the first breath is drawn
Before the belly rounds
Before a heart starts beating
Before bodies dissolve in the aftermath of ecstasy
Before the sweet rapture when two become one
Before souls touch
Before eyes meet
I AM LOVE
Before enlightenment
Before the holy emptiness
Before you know yourself to be nothing
Before you know yourself to be everything
Before the pauses between heartbeats entangle with infinity
Before...
Before the breath drops
Before the movement of mind becomes obsolete
Before you take your seat
Before you are called home
Before you even imagine yourself to be lost at all
I AM
