Kiran Joshi

The timeless poem of Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez, Yo no soy yo (I am not myself), is below as my English translation: I am not myself. I am this shadow pacing by my side, unbeheld, whom I sometimes seek, and sometimes let fade. He who keeps his peace, serene, while I speak, he who offers grace, tenderness, when I hate, the solitary one who wanders where I am absent, the one who shall stand tall when I depart. If you reflect on what Jiménez is saying, it may mean that my e