I’m not the one who comes and goes
And lives their life in fits and starts.
Instead of which, I’m that which knows;
That’s why I’m always off the charts.
I’m present in a howling gale
As much as in a gentle breeze,
And, when the planet’s lungs inhale,
I taste the sap of all its trees.
I’m nimble as a mountain goat
And potent as a roaring flame,
And every voice in every throat
Is trained to sing my common name.
Though both the clouds and endless sky,
I’m known to one and all as I.
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