OF THE SPIRIT THAT I AM

CATEGORY

life

                                    They tried to deny

                                    me and you…

                                    who we are

                                    and who I am…

                                    as the beloved of

                                    I am who is…

                                    but you can’t deny

                                    creation…

                                    Out of the darkness

                                    of creation, I have come…

                                    beautifully adorned:

                                    I am a cloud of joy

                                    and the burning bush

                                    of flaming faith…

                                    I am a river of Jordan…

                                    and a lion tamer

                                    in a David-like den…

                                    I am a tri-cooling shield

                                    in a blazing furnace

                                    and the wind in the sail

                                    of a Noah-like ark…

                                    I am the force of the exodus

                                    out of the valley

                                    of the shadow of death—up

                                    to Zion’s Mountain top…

                                    I am the wheel in the middle

                                    of a wheel and the fuel of a train

                                    of an underground railroad…

                                    I am the energy of marching

                                    feet over trouble waters and

                                    resuscitation of deferred

                                    dreams still overcoming…

                                    I am the strength of hued Simons

                                    still aiding Calvary resurrections

                                    of soaring peace and love…

                                    I am indeed the child of the Alpha

                                    and the Omega—the soul of the God

                                    of the oppressed—the nourishing

                                    blood baptizing their coming renewal…

                                    I am—you see—the Trinity’s third:

                                    the Holy Spirit riding the Holy Ghost

                                    chariot and nothing can neither

                                    stop nor turn me around…nothing…

                                    I am the juice of the fruit

                                    of the vine of your liberation—

                                    the liberating juice of the God

                                    of the oppressed…

                                    I am the solidifying matter

                                    in your hued lives—

                                    enlightening the blind world…

                                    I am the Holy Spirit

                                    abiding in you and yours:

                                    I Am That I Am…

                                    Word  

                                                Without

                                                               End…