I Once

I once longed to be an astronaut.

Now I look down on Earth in tears.

I once longed to be a rock star.

Now I help cultures rebel.

I once longed to be a concept artist.

Now I imagine worlds and create them.

I once longed to be a paleontologist.

Now I uncover habits of species.

I once longed to be a marine biologist.

Now I memorialize oceans of death.

I once longed to be a zoologist.

Now I teach there’s beauty in each.

I once longed to be a novelist.

Now I rewrite mankind’s story.

I once longed to be a theologian.

Now I understand the faces of sacred.

I once longed to be a mathematician.

Now I struggle against Earth’s largest numbers.

I once longed to be a veterinarian.

Now I race all creatures’ extinction.

I once longed to be a baker.

Now I warm and fill folk for life.

I once longed to be an English teacher.

Now I teach how speech has power.

I once longed to be a zookeeper.

Now I collect the purest of heart.

I once longed to be an editor.

Now I show where language must change.

I once longed to be a screen writer.

Now I manifest magic with dialogue.

I once longed to be a game designer.

Now I challenge all masters to change how they play.

I once longed to be a father.

Now I’ve watched so many young grow.

I once longed to be a professor.

Now class is endless, and we never go home.

I’m living my every dream.