placeless

Not Christian or Jew or Muslim
Not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen
Not any religion or cultural system
I am not from the east or the west
Not out of the ocean or up from the ground
Not natural or ethereal
Not composed of elements at all

I do not exist
I am not an entity in this world or the next
Did not descend from Adam and Eve
Or any origin story

My place is the placeless
A trace of the traceless
Neither body or soul

I belong to the beloved
Have seen the two worlds as one
And that one call to and know
First
Last
Outer
Inner

Only that breath breathing
Human being

~ Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī