i am

I am.
I am.

I am woman.
I am art, beauty, nature.
I am life.
I am music and dance.
I am the scent of the earth,
	shady paths in the forest,
	sun dappled leaves,
	flowers drifting on the wind,
	apples in bloom.

I am night.
I am the moon glowing silver.
I am shadow.
I am Chaos.
I am the raging tempest.
I am the pain of loss
	longing of loneliness 
	fear of conflict
	lust of the unattainable.

I am.
I am tragedy.
I am confusion and contradiction.
I am madness.
I am twisted corridors of the mind
	endless nights of soulless wanderings
	hunger unexplained
	painful desires.

I am.

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