I Am..... (Walls Of Fear)

i am... the theology of mice and roaches, hymns of praise sung by stones and moss. i am the Family Bible, the Quran, and the meditation cushion, all come to the meeting place. i am the atheist driven by reason, the scientists' microscopes. i am the teachings of Aristotle, the music in Einstein's mind. i am evolution, passage engraved in stone, the rise and fall of civilizations. i am wars fought over flowers in bloom, and the rising of those oppressed. i am the division and multiplication of the human race. i am the edge of freedom, and the forbidden land, i am the cross of self-denial. i am outer space and inner space, and the dimension of the dead. i am the tree of god, of which you've only seen the leaves! i am the door you've dared not open! i am the intimacy of hands joining, i am birth and death the same. i am the unheard cry of the bat, hanging upside down in your heart. i am the body rolling naked in snow, on the day of deliverance. i am the name you cannot name, that resides within your spirit. i am the children of Moses, marching round the city of your understanding... with trumpets blaring and a mighty shout, bringing down your walls of fear!