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 nor 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