if I wasn’t me
would you accept me
if I wasn’t me?
would I be stronger than I am
or weakened
would I be wiser or act a fool
could I feel what I do
when I do,
or never see it through
sometimes I think
I’d never reach to be
what I am now
if I wasn’t me
7/15/00 (revision, 4/13/01)---
[background image by Luis Royo]