I Was

Once I was a teacher, a philosopher, a skeptic, a saint, and while I still am, that’s not what I’ve chosen.

I was a writer, an actor, a gamer, a creator, and while I still am, that’s not what I’ve chosen.

I was a watcher, a walker, a dreamer, a seer, and while I still am, that’s not what I’ve chosen.

I was an experiencer, an experimenter, an expecter, an explorer, and while I still am, that’s not what I’ve chosen.

I was a fleer, a feeler, a follower, a fake, and while I still am, that’s not what I’ve chosen.

I was a lover, a brother, a sibling, a son, and while I still am, that’s not what I’ve chosen.

I was a reader, a conceiver, an imaginer, a believer, and while I still am, that’s not what I’ve chosen.

I was an eater, a sleeper, a skygazer, a weeper, and while I still am, that’s not what I’ve chosen.

I was a lingerer, a listener, a story maker, a time taker, and while I still am, that’s not what I’ve chosen.

I was a searcher, a seeker, a scholar, a speaker, and while I still am, that’s not what I’ve chosen.

I was a prayer, a preserver, a puzzler, an observer, and while I still am, that’s not what I’ve chosen.

I was a stayer, a waiter, a hardheaded hater, and while I still am, that’s not what I’ve chosen.

I chose to be justice.

And I chose to take action.

Because that’s what must be chosen