Who Do You Want to Be?

I once had a person come up to me,

Sadly, I remember not who it was.

But the thing that he said

I will say it's a he,

though perhaps it was a she

The thing that he said

it left a mark on me.

He came up to me and with a grin he spoke.

He said,

“Who do you want to be, you young bloke?”

I looked up at him

in wonderment was I.

of what a silly question.

“What do you mean?”

I questioned the sky.

What could he possibly have meant, this old guy?

He looked me in the eye and once again he simply said

“Who do you want to be?”

Was this a trick question?

A scam?

Or a joke?

Was there some-kind of thought this was s'posed to provoke?

I looked up at him,

like giving a teacher a test

was it good?

Was it bad?

I couldn't give it a rest!

I simply looked up

and stated with a nod.

“I want to be me, I suppose, my new friend.”

he chuckled and smiled and knelt down to me.

“That is a good thing, remember, that's the key.”

and then he was off,

as quick as he appeared.

But now to this day,

I am without fears.

So thank you to this unknown identity

for making me remember me

is the only one to be.

Now I know how to answer:

Who do you want to be?

Simply state:

I want to be me.