{"id":13252,"date":"2024-06-13T20:03:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T03:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=13252"},"modified":"2024-06-13T20:07:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T03:07:43","slug":"i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/i-am\/","title":{"rendered":"I am"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Memorable writing that sparks imagination. Lean in. Hear the writer\u2019s voice on the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Patricia Morris<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am made of rich black soil that grows corn and soybeans and wheat and oats and vegetable gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am made of love showered upon me by parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am made of tallgrass prairies and mighty rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am made of grief and loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am made of Midwestern college campuses, of thick gray and dark green law books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am made of courtrooms and jails, prisons and government office buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am made of curiosity and wanderlust, of courage and manners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am made of blood and bone, atoms and molecules, hair and cartilage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am made of brain synapses and aching joints, smiling eyes and laughing mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am made of love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is this “I” I am describing? I learn in Zen that there is no “I.” “I” am a figment of “my” imagination. I am nothing without everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am nothing without everything<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am nothing without<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am nothing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patricia Morris<\/strong> lives in Northern California and writes on Monday nights at Jumpstart Writing Workshops. She loves road trips, the Grateful Dead, and reading Dogen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her writing has appeared in Rand McNally\u2019s Vacation America, the Ultimate Road Atlas and The Write Spot anthologies<\/a>: \u00a0\u201cPossibilities\u201d and \u201cMusings and Ravings From a Pandemic Year,\u201d edited by Marlene Cullen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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