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I Am Bound

A tribute poem to Kabir’s, I Won’t Come

Constructed by writer in Canva

I am bound
I am free
I am rich
I am poor

I’ll keep seeking
my truth
and hold myself
to it

I’m thimble
and I’m fountain
I’m robin
and I’m egret

I’m water
and I’m honey
I’m saved
and I’m blessed

I’m lamb
and I’m crook
I’m shepherd
and I’m grace

I’m whole
says I
I’m amidst the mourning
and the chosen

© Carolyn Hastings 2022

I’ve written this poem as a tribute to Indian mystic poet, Kabir, and his poem, I Won’t Come, originally written in Hindi and translated into English by contemporary Indian poet, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, in Songs of Kabir.

I read the first two stanzas of Kabir’s poem —

I won’t come
I won’t go
I…