Yet I Am Not

I am not yet I am

a leaf on the tree

and the forest itself

a grain of sand on the beach

And the whole of the beach

a wave on the ocean

And all of the seas

the earth and the stars

And as they move

and sing in the heavens

I can move with them

But only when I realize…

I am and yet I am not

© 2015 Allan Beveridge

*This poem is also included in the essay Time to Weigh Anchor