I AM

I was regretting the past

And fearing the future...

Suddenly my Lord was speaking: 

'MY NAME IS I AM.' He paused.

I waited. He continued,

'When you live in the past,

with it's mistakes and regrets,

It is hard. I am not there.

My name is not I WAS.

When you live in the future,

With it's problems and fears,

It is hard, I am not there.

My name is not I WILL BE.

When you live in this moment,

It is not hard.

I am here.

My name is I AM.'

~Helen Mallicoat