Confused and disheartened, tears trickled down my face, dampening the sheets, as I lay half awake in my bed. ”What is the point of my being,” I asked, “if all that I do comes to naught? Who am I and what is my worth?” I shouted to nobody there.
“Why are you so hard on yourself?” asked a voice from the corner of my room.
Startled, I opened my eyes and observed an entity walking toward me. “Who are you?” I enquired of the shadowy form as it took a seat next to me.
“Many names have been given me,” the Entity responded, “ and here are but a few:”
“I am Love and I am Hate, I am both Joy and Sorrow,
I am all of the Yesterdays, And also Tomorrow.
I am Gay and I am Straight, Both a Saint and a Sinner,
A Prostitute and a Virgin, A Loser and a Winner.
I am Rich and I am Poor, Black as well as White,
I make Peace and go to War, I am the Day and I am Night.
I’m a King and I’m a Beggar, A Husband and a Wife,
I’m a Coward and a Hero, I am Death and I am Life.
I am All and I am Nothing, The Beginning and the End,
I am all Things that now are Living, I am the Great I Am.”
“Wow!” I responded, “That includes just about everyone, but… Who am I?”
“That depends,” the Entity responded. “Who is doing the asking?”
“Well,” I answered pensively. “I am.”
The Entity smiled as his form slowly faded away, and I opened my eyes to a New Day.
