I am the stem

After reading my poetry
Some people conclude
that I am a Sufi
while some others want to
believe that I am a Zen Buddhist or
a Christian mystic or
a Shaman --- based on their
Past experience.
Conclusions are usually
Drawn from the past.
But if they were to ask
me directly, this would
be my answer –
All of these religions
are branches of my
body and soul
while I am the stem and
the roots that holds and
supports them.