This hastily scribbled poem is a meditation on Martin Buber's I-and-Thou relationship. Knowing this is a blog about faith and spirituality, it may be tempting to read this poem as being about God, but it was written with human-to-human relationships in mind. We can only be truly human in subject-to-subject, and not subject-to-object, relationships.
I am
more than a page-count
more than a personality type
more than a medical exam
more than the sum of my experiences
more than a thinker, a speaker, a do-er
But without You,
I am not.
You are
more than a thing
to be looked at
to be talked at
or even to be listened to.
You are more than I could comprehend,
yet if I did not try to comprehend You,
You would not be You.
You and I
together
is greater than
you + me.
