Wow, it's even more admirable that you're able to write such a fantastic poem. It's not a grammatical mistake and I think it sounds good both ways. I just try as much as I can not to repeat certain words unless there's a reason for that repetition. But it's just my own personal preference :) Fantastic work!

english is my second language, with my first being hebrew. i didnt know of the option you suggested, and wouldve considered it if i have. still think it sounds pretty good rhythmically. but yeah, grammatic mishaps like this would occur with me ever so often. thanks for your feedback

I really really love this. It does leave me with a couple questions. Like I wonder why the author feels their hands are dirty. 

I do think that on the second stanza, I wonder if it's a little awkward to have the word "to" so often one line after the other and if that was intentional. For me the first two sentences would sound better if one of those "to"s was taken away. For instance: 

And who am I daring

To touch the scrolling paper

But just my two cents. It does sound amazing just the way it is and I really enjoyed reading this :) Thank you for posting!

A beautifully poetic way to represent the three great philosophical questions of life: Where did I come from? Why am I here? And where am I going after this? 

Like life it's often dirty. Like life hope often slips away. Like life, there are no easy answers. Well done OP.

I really like this piece. I know the feeling of having no reason or place, so I can relate to this poem on a personal level. Great job!

An amazing piece of art. It is beautifully showcasing the questions of life. Well done!

nice take, for me it was less religion and more just a thing to give me meaning, and make life simpler, cleaner, but its the same tone. thank you for that

I really like this, it reminds me of a haiku kinda the way it reads. To me, there's a hidden meaning about religion and how it affects ones sense of self, and how defining spirituality really is in the big picture, and I think I get that sense from the title being "Who Am I" and then the last line about being clean. It really does make me think about how much of a role religion plays, even if just subconsciously. Very well done, keep writing I'm interested to see what else you come up with! Good job!

thanks for your comment, really interesting take, good job.

This piece is so powerful. the first three lines strike so hard and one can already start to interpret the poem. The middle paragraph makes me question my purpose of existence and that if I have to die and I don't want to , then why is it so? The last three lines are the answers which haven't been given earlier , to me it shows that how the world has become so dirty that human beings can cross any limit and how people can ruin your life. So there's no sole purpose of your life unless you do good for this world and the people and to yourself and hence you cannot achieve peace unless you do the former.

 I was born at the beginning,

And died at the middle,

With no end in sight

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And who am I to dare

To touch the scrolling paper

With my dirty hands

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For I have no reason

Thus I have no place 

Where I can feel clean

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Who Am I?