I Am..... (Walls Of Fear) Poem by Eric Cockrell

i am...
the theology of mice and roaches,
hymns of praise sung by stones and moss.
i am the Family Bible, the Quran,
and the meditation cushion,
all come to the meeting place.
i am the atheist driven by reason,
the scientists' microscopes.
i am the teachings of Aristotle,
the music in Einstein's mind.
i am evolution, passage engraved in stone,
the rise and fall of civilizations.
i am wars fought over flowers in bloom,
and the rising of those oppressed.
i am the division and multiplication
of the human race.
i am the edge of freedom,
and the forbidden land,
i am the cross of self-denial.
i am outer space and inner space,
and the dimension of the dead.
i am the tree of god,
of which you've only seen the leaves!
i am the door you've dared not open!
i am the intimacy of hands joining,
i am birth and death the same.
i am the unheard cry of the bat,
hanging upside down in your heart.
i am the body rolling naked in snow,
on the day of deliverance.
i am the name you cannot name,
that resides within your spirit.
i am the children of Moses,
marching round the city of your understanding...
with trumpets blaring and a mighty shout,
bringing down your walls of fear!