When I Was Little Poem by Raj Arumugam

when I was little,
I was told who I was:
I was given a name and told of my inheritance;
and in multicultural settings was shown my identity…
this is you, and this is yours, I was told;
and in my turn, I told others who came after me...
but now when I am grown and since free
and when I see within me, I see fear, pleasure, joy and pain
all the feelings and contents andwhen I was little,
I was told who I was:
I was given a name and told of my inheritance;
and in multicultural settings was shown my identity…
this is you, and this is yours, I was told;
and in my turn, I told others who came after me...
but now when I am grown and since free
and when I see within me, I see fear, pleasure, joy and pain
all the feelings and contents and lies and truths
the same as you and another…
I see the conditioning and I see the clarity that comes with the seeing…
Now, though I call my body a name, and refer to myself as I,
There is not an I that I can find…