I Am That I Am

In labyrinth lost, we wander lonely wondering if we met,
the wise, content and knowing one, and could our finding get
us further toward a living heaven where all things are bright.
Or would we fail to recognize the presence in our sight?

We’ve sought to know how to refine the lives we feel we should,
be living in our very midst within the place we stood.
What is the wheat and what the chaff, what purpose we attend?
Why are we here, and when we fail how do we make amend?

Perhaps we’re looking out of place, and never could connect,
with teacher, guide, perfected one when outward we direct,
our seeking drive to validate our hope of good complexion.
we need accept inaptitude for earning our election.

It is a gift, we come to know, no wage that’s labor won.
When we submit to look within, the journey’s end’s begun.
We are the very learned ones we seek to lead us far,
when we discover who to be we’ll find that’s who we are.

Stuart Andrew Marshall Tanner