Who Am I Poem by Nur Meiyati

Who am I?
“I” is my name.
My name is my identity.
An identity distinguishes one individual from other people.
An identity sometimes also shows us communities an individual belongs to.

It is a very simple question.
But it needs a long process of life for me to fully understand what it is.
I used to answer it automatically as how I was raised and educated.
I mention my ethnicity, my country and my religion as my community identity.
But day by day I felt things were not so right with that such an answer.

I needed a very deep contemplation to have the right answer for me.
I was glad, I was relieved and I felt happy that at last I found the right answer for me.

I am 'I”, an individual who prefers not to emphasize community identity.
My identity is: a human being, God's creature.
I view every other person as a human being.
No religion border, no ethnic border, no nation border, and even no universe border.
I view every human being the same as me.
No higher or no lower than me.
I respect and honor other people with the 'respect each other' basis.
I love other people as they are human beings, God's creatures, just like me
I also believe that all land, waters, the sky, animals and plants each has a 'soul', has a 'spirit'.
They must have their own right to be respected.
They need to be loved by human beings so they will only be used wisely.
And that is how it is.