A Poem for today

I Am and I Am Not


I’m drenched
in the flood
which has yet to come

I’m tied up
in the prison
which has yet to exist



Not having played
the game of chess
I’m already the checkmate



Not having tasted
a single cup of your wine
I’m already drunk



Not having entered
the battlefield
I’m already wounded and slain



I no longer
know the difference
between image and reality



Like the shadow
I am

And

I am not

By the great poet, Rumi