It has always been important to me to write from the heart. In my mind, honest art is the best art. 'I Am One' is a poem which I hold dear to me as it is one of my most honest moments I have had in my writing as I faced up to some demons I had at that stage in my life. 

The 'green-eyed monster' is something that is in all of us. We all get jealous, but what is important is how we manage that jealousy and what we learn from it. 

Written in 2006, just after my 21st birthday, I realised that jealousy was causing difficulties for me and I wanted to reflect on it, and learn from my mistakes. Pen in hand, I wrote how I felt. This process developed into 'I Am One' and is written in a conversational style whereby I am having a conversation with the green-eyed monster, letting it know how I feel, hoping to come to a resolution. 

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I've been waiting around her, for, God Knows, way too long

Don't you try to argue now, because I'll always prove you wrong

Evey time I run and hide, you'll track me down along the line

I can't seem to get away from my evil, jealous mind

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Something hides, it's deep inside, a crawling stage on a Sunday night

Like a pain, won't go away, it's on my mind and here to stay

As my spirit learns to crawl, knock my head against a wall

Looks like I can't run away, a state of mind that's here to stay

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Pacing up and down a room, hoping this will all end soon

Living life like it's a game, nothing's real, it's all the same

So, if I turn and run away, will it chase me down again?

My mind is old, but I am young. I feel nothing. I am one

I feel nothing. I am one. 

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(C) Adrian Young (2006)

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