Core Of My Being

Core Of My Being
© Surazeus
2019 03 10

If I strip away all identity 
in search for essential core of my being 
till I stand naked on the river shore 
I find nothing more than brain full of dreams 
that invents stories to explain its state 
describing how my soul transformed from nothing. 

The white male Christian European mask, 
which reflects essential core of my being, 
describes through race and creed and landscape name 
long rugged path that winds around the world 
my ancestors blazed for ten thousand years 
to regenerate themselves through my birth. 

All humans everywhere around the world 
no matter nationality or creed 
began our quest on Pyramid of Amen 
where First Mother stood with arms outstretched wide 
to sing creation of the universe 
and gave us vision to explore the world. 

We all spread outward from her pyramid 
to found hundreds of nations from four races 
in every valley of our spinning world 
where colors and shapes of bodies and eyes 
were molded by the landscape where we dwelled 
though her first song still vibrates in our minds. 

The differences of appearance we wear 
reflect the paths our ancestors explored 
so how we look reveals the special way 
they journeyed across landscape of our world 
and shows the map of how we all survived 
when we celebrate human soul we share. 

I want to know the details of your story 
encoded in the color of your skin 
and recorded in legends of your creed 
for your experience, though different from mine, 
reveals essential core of being we share 
in curious eagerness to know the truth.