I am not I
I am this one
Walking beside me whom I do not see.
Whom at times I manage to visit.
And whom at other times I forget.
The one who remains silent when I talk.
The one who forgives, sweet, when I hate.
The one who takes a walk where I am not.
The one who will remain standing when I die.
Jimenez, Spanish Poet
(translated by Robert Bly)