I Am Not I
I am not I.
I am this one.
Walking beside me whom I do not see.
Whom at times I manage to visit.
And at other times I forget.
The one who remains silent when I talk.
The one who forgives ,sweet, when I hate.
The one who takes a walk when I am indoors.
The one who will remain standing when I die.
---Juan Ramon Jimenez trans by Robert Bly