The Self

Who Am I?

Who am I?

What makes me me?

Am I defined by my roles

Or by the kind of person I strive to be?

Does giving you my name

Really tell you anything at all

Is it my body and what I look like

Whether I'm short or tall?

Am I identified by my relationships

What others perceive

Or perhaps by my values

And the things I achieve?

All the thoughts and inner dialogue

That constantly runs through my mind

Perhaps it is by these

That I am defined?

Is it my actions

My job and what I do each day

Or are all these things

Simply getting in the way?

Are they just unavoidable layers

That build up and anchor me on this earth,

Sometimes I think perhaps I was more me

On the very day of my birth?