Earth

Not Christian or Jew or Muslim
Not Hindu, Buddhist, sufi, or zen
Not any religion or cultural system
I am not from the East or the West
Not out of the ocean or up from the ground
Not natural or ethereal, not composed
Of elements at all
I do not exist, am not an entity
In this world or in the next
Did not descend from Adam and Eve
Or any origin story
My place is placeless
A trace of the traceless
Neither body or soul
I belong to the beloved
Have seen the two worlds as one
And that one call to and know
First, last, outer, inner
Only that breath breathing human being