"Who am I" deur G Blank

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Who am I

I was born very young
Too young to know who I am
Like a fresh mountain spring
Was so happy and gay
A child wandering and wondering
what life is all about
Not a very good runner
mostly lagging the cliques
Feeling loved inside family
undiscovered by the hoi polloi
Trying so hard to fit in
weighing religion and tradition
Exploring pleasure and desire
But did I enjoy the life?
Yeah, I surely did
And should I forsake
all I desire in life now
for religion or tradition?
No, carpe diem, now
This is my song now

But life catches up
with all and sundry
Life is molding and mulling
every dream and scream
Like a river twisting and turning
every year has its ups and downs
And after 30, or 50 or 70
so many chances lost
to do what is just
Chances ruined forever
by living for now
The spirit’s voice now stilled
the soul’s light now dulled
Have I done what I could?
Could I have done differently?
Yeah, I surely could
I would change many wrongs
If I could, I surely would
If I know who I am
know what my song is

Am I what you see through my window?
Guru, fool or a zero
Am I what I see in my mirror?
Saint or sinner or hero?
Or am I some mixed-up soup
of earth and water and fire
Of body and mind and traits
Trapped in games, postures, pretences
I am not this face
a mask so grand or bland
Yeah, I know that
I am not this shape
fast or fat and ageing
Yeah, I know that
I am not even my soul
smart or daft and slipping
I also know that
Will I know before I am ready to die
who I really am?
Which song is my own?

Then it dawns on my inner search
I am spirit, I surely am
I am a spiritual person
living in this body
I am spirit of conscience
and communion with God
Sensing truth through intuition
not religion or tradition
God breathed spirit into man’s body
and he became a living soul
Yeah, He surely did
Spirit like the current
producing soul light
through the material body
Now I know who I am
A spiritual person shining bright
forgiving and seeking forgiveness
Blessed and a blessing to others
A river of life flowing ever
Singing my song for all

Yeah, I am spirit
a spiritual person shining bright
A river of life flowing ever
Singing my song for all
A river of life flowing ever
Singing my song forever