a poem

who you aren't

you

are not what you drive

you

are not

where you live

you are not
how good you could look in a digitally altered photo

you are not

what you do "for a living"

you are not

what you wear

you are not

what you eat

you are not

any disease you have

or might get one day

you are not

simply "what your gifted at"

you are not

who you hang out with

you are not

your favorite color

or song

or movie

you are not

the library of

books

movies

or music

that you own

you
are not

a mistake

you
are not

an accident

you
are not

your story

You are not

an object

...

you

are

SO MUCH MORE

than any of these lesser things

by b.e. noll