I Am 
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Adapted from "I Am (sonnet)" by John Clare

I feel I am. I only know I am.
Earth's prison chilled my body with its dram
Of dullness, soaring thoughts destroyed,
And plod upon the earth as dull and void.

I fled to solitude from passion's dream.
O but strife pursued. I only know I am.
I was created in the race
Of men disdaining bounds of place 
And time, a spirit, thought sublime,
Tracing creation like my Maker free,
Like eternity,
Spurning Earth's vain and soul- 
debasing thrall.

But now I only know I am. That's all.