To those who are surprised,
That I am the way I am,
I am pleased at your findings.
For this is what I am.
I am peace and thought, and kindness.
I am darkness and blood and teeth.
I am piety, and love and forgiveness.
I am bitterness, and anger, and hate.
I am logic, and reason and science.
I am creation, and whimsy, and art.
I am atoms, arranged in beautiful pattern.
I am a soul, bound to wasted mortal coil.
I am lust, and greed.
I am chastity, and charity.
I am a child, who blinks at the light.
I am an old man, who huddles in the shade.
I am ego.
I am faith.
Within me are two wolves.
And they are bound together.
I am all these things, and though they are contrary, or impossible, I am them.
I cannot be otherwise. I do not know how.
Nor do I want to.
Because it makes me pleased to see your surprise.
