Eternal Surprise

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.