
Who Are You?
“Who are you? Who, who; who, who?”
(Pete Townsend)
I turn to you regularly throughout the day.
But I don’t know who you are.
I long for a comforter, sage, lover, and friend—
A palpable presence to whom I can “turn,
Turn, turn…for every purpose under heaven.”
(Pete Seeger)


Catherine Coates is the author of the books, Longing for Intimacy: Glimmers of Hope, and Like as a Hart: Poems to Quench Longing. She has also published a set of inspirational cards, Musings on Grace.
Her next book will be considerations of Jewish/Christian theological tenets which arose in her after spending time in a Christian cult.
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