Self-Discovery

I am.
   Therefore you tremble
I have seen beyond the fences,
Beyond the highest hills and mountains,
Beyond the furthest reaches of your universe,
To see myself
    And my many faces.

I am
    Therefore you quake.
I was hidden in the darkness
In the darkest pits and traps
In the deepest abyss.
See me
    In living color.

I am,
     Therefore you weep.
I am flesh and bone.
Desire, passion, and feeling
I lead and follow; trust and hate
And I wake to see myself,
     in dreams

I am
    Therefore I exist,
To go beyond that is foolish
To risk self-destruction is childish
I see myself for who I am
    And I like me.