A week earlier, I found a poem I had written in my journal in 2006. I wanted to post the poem on my blog but kept forgetting my journal. So I decided to try and find the poem online. No luck, but I did discover that this poet is from Spain. Not only that,but he has special ties to Granada and the Alhambra.
So the other day after moving into my place, I sat down to read, pray, and meditate within this new space that would now be my home for 5 weeks. Then it dawned on me, is this ironic or is it a coincidence that a poem I copied on a whim in a book store in 2006 is from a poet affiliated with Granada? I really do believe in these coincidences. The poem is no regular poem, it is about searching and the identification of the real self. Hence, it has even more of a tie to my current journey in Spain.
Last night, a few of us went up to the Alhambra to view the free gardens. As I walking around I found a quote of Juan Ramon Jimenez on a beautiful blue and white marble tile plastered onto a building. I thought, Wow, this is so amazing!
Here is the poem by Juan Ramon Jimenez. Hope you all like it. It is the first page in my journal which was started in 2006.
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 will remain standing when I die.
--Juan Ramon Jimenez--
