I Am

This was originally a poem I wrote for a school assignment but I kind of fell in love with it after I wrote it.

I am the rhyme and the reason 

I wonder what dreams may come 

I hear the songs that only angels and poets can hear 

I see the phoenix rising from the ashes to take her place among the legendary 

I want to dance upon the fabled surfaces of the patina of time 

I am the rhyme and the reason 

I pretend to hear the haunting celestial melody of the stars 

I feel the tangibility of inspiration at my fingertips 

I touch heaven one stanza at a time 

I worry that I may never find the substance of the universe 

I cry the oceans that Jesus walked upon 

I am the rhyme and the reason 

I understand the mysteries of the words 

I say the words that were never meant to be spoken 

I dream the Purple Mountain's Majesty 

I try to cup the magic of history within my inadequate hands 

I hope that I can read between the lines 

I am the rhyme and the reason