This is what I believe: That I am I. That my soul is a dark forest. That my known self will never be more than a little clearing in the forest. That gods, strange gods, come forth from the forest into the clearing of my known self, and then go back. That I must have the courage to let them come and go. That I will never let mankind put anything over me, but that I will try always to recognize and submit to the gods in me and the gods in other men and women. There is my creed. . D.h. Lawrence
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The poet John Berryman wrote the poem "This is what I believe" in 1963. The poem gives us a glimpse of his beliefs on life and death. He believed that spirituality was being able to live in the moment and know that the only thing that matters is this day.

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