and beautiful

be like water-
no,
sometimes,
when i am
then i am.

i am water
i am fire
i am earth
i am wind

i live in all
and through these:
so do you-
because

listen, feel,
touch, smell,
you know
who you are

you breathe me.
the wind takes my skin
across oceans,
forest fire burns it
but i am alive

so are you
and i cannot be like water
because i am all of this-
and in all

with blood, heart,
bones and skin.
my voice and my silence
carry infinity.

i am the sky, the bird,
the leaves and the stem,
the spark and the flame,
the wave and the ocean

so are you.
you are the kiss and the fury,
the dam and the flood,
healer and poison,
the dark and the light.

you are dancing and still,
here and there,
alone and with all-
you are all.

you are dusk and dawn,
child and adult,
sadness and joy,
empty and full-
you are beautiful.

remember.
and remember
and
in good and in bad.