I Am Neither

I am neither Christian nor Jew,
nor Buddhist, nor Hindu.
My being is in their source,
and far older, too.

I look out upon a dream,
and inward upon a fire.

ᎠᏯ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎥᏝᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏧᏁᏁᎸᏗ ᎠᎴ ᏧᏏ,
ᎠᎴ ᎠᏓᏕᏲᏗᏍᏙ, ᎠᎴ ᎯᏁᏚ.
ᎠᏆ ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎲ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᏗᏓᎴᎲᏍᎬ ᎭᏫᎾ,
ᎠᎴ ᎤᎪᏗ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨ, ᎾᏍᏋ.

ᎠᏯ ᎭᎦᏔᏎ ᏙᏰᎯ ᏌᏊ ᎠᏍᎩᏘᏍᎦ ᎾᎿ,
ᎠᎴ ᎭᏫᏂ ᏌᏊ ᎠᏥᎸ ᎾᎿ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.