Flesh, blood, nor mind, nor am I brain well-lined,
I'm not what I know, nor am I ego,
Nor yet five senses can claim what ‘I' am,
I'm not five elements as wisdom said—
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WHO AM I? By any a name still I'm all the same, CALL A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME IT WILL STILL SMELL LIKE A ROSE SO SPAKE SHAKESPEARE ROSY IS ME MY POET DEAR you are REAL gold to all HUMAN HEARTS SOLD I AM PURELY ROLLED as GOLD AP SIR UR VOCAB IS RICH OUT OF NORMAL HUMAN REACH WE ARE ONLY ATOMS COMBINED IN UR WORDS AS ATMA DEFINED STILL IT'S FINE
Good, there's at least some point where we meet and agree to each other. Thanks for the compliments, but much of the credit should go to Shankaracharya, who happened to say this more than a millennium back.
The eight year old Shankara told this in chase Sanskrit when his guru asked. I still feel my putting it in English can not match the original. Thanks for your appreciation.
Humanity! ! Let us face the truth. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
I'm glad you liked this work, dear poet/reader.