Ode to I Am
On the banks of Bethlehem
I danced with all I am
Is what I am.
I sang out with all that I had
Within my shell of a corpse.
My heart, it wept for all I was
With treasure that was held within.
On my way down to the road of eternity
With what I am is what I am.
I drank the wines held by him.
The verses that he spoke
With words of honey
That "we are one with what we see,
with all we feel and with all we touch."
Mesmerized by his glance,
I looked inside his soul.
When I looked into his big blue eyes,
I sank into the waters of Galilee.
I was cleansed of that past
That I once knew.
That body that once was cold
Now is stained with his bloody tears
That he cried.
I wept by his side.
The salt, it burned my chafing cheeks.
We quenched our thirst for peace and love.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 739 |
Words | 164 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 26 |
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