I am the first and the last
I am the honoured one and the scorned one
I am the whore and the holy one
Iam the wife and the virgin
I am the mother and the daughter
I am the barren oneand many are her sons
I am the mother of my father
and the sister of my husband
and he is my offspring
I am the silence that is incomprehensible
and the idea whose remembrance is frequent
and the word whose appearance is multiple
I am the utterance of my name
I am knowledge I am ignorance
I am shame I am boldness
I am shameless and am ashamed
I am strength I am fearGive heed to me
I am the one who is disgraced and the great one
I am she who does not keep festival
and she whose festivals are many
I am the wisdom of the Greeks
and the knowledge of the barbarians
I am the one whose image is great in Egypt
and the one who has no image among the barbarians
I am the one who has been hated everywhere
and who has been loved everywhere
I am the one whom they call Life
and you have called Death
Finding Refuge in Poetry
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Cassandra Montenegro
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This week Cassandra Montenegro shares a poem that sustains her by Richard
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