MARGARET RUNYAN CASTANEDA
(1921--2011)
Retired manager, Pacific Bell Telephone Company, Los Angeles
Poet; Author of "A Magical Journey with Carlos Castaneda"
(b.) Charleston, West Virginia; (l.) Peoria, Arizona

I AM

I looked at a star
And what did I see?
I saw that it reflected me;
I saw my world so full of light,
There was no room at all for night.
I'd think a thought, and suddenly
The thing I thought appeared to me.
I've risen above the self in me
And I have become
I AM.

Margaret Runyan Castaneda