by Jim Ward
I am lost
  when I think that I have been found,
  a vibrating remnant of sound
  unheard outside the boundaries that are bound
  by the physics of that which is physically bound
  to echoes…
  of that which is all around.
I am a continuance
  of a discontinued lifespan
  of a thought provoked by the absence of thought.
I am leftover reserve
  of a speech not yet spoken
  on the clarity of ignorance
  as guidance.
Misunderstanding the meaning
  to that which I stand on firmly
  which cannot become settled.
I am a plan in progress.
I am not—
  quite exactly what I am;
  I am not the progress
  of a plan.
  —Not motionless
  in the wrong direction
  of that which directed the aimless.
Not found
  in thought that is lost
  or echoes heard of unbound sound
  vibrating in the canal
  of undistorted clarity
  of meaning meant.
I am not a lifespan of thought
  continued unprovoked
  to the diluted concept
  of thinking.
  Not remnants of guidance simply spoken
  in only that that can be said
  through structure and compliance.
Not meaning to be misunderstood
  while standing unsettled in my stance
  on understanding…
I am not—
  the progress of a plan.
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An experiment in wordplay and meaning, "I am, I am not." is about the odd balance of meaning.