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 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,

I have seen the two Worlds as One,

and that One call to and Know,

First, Last, Outer, Inner,

Only that breath-breathing

HUMAN BEING.

RUMI