Who Am I?
Carl Sandburg
1878 to 1967
My head knocks against the stars
My feet are on the hilltops
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny
I have been to hell and back many times
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading "Keep Off"
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe
Carl Sandburg's Who Am I?
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