I am not the job I do
I am not the poems I write

I am not the city I live in
I am not the party I vote for

I am not the team I cheer
I am not the brand I wear

I am not the car I drive
I am not the God I pray to 

If so many things I am not
If not all the things I’ve got

Then who indeed am I 

I am the son my parents had
I am the boy who loved and lost

I am the man my spouse married
I am a father to my lovely daughters

I am the kind who holds the door
I am the guy who is a friend in need

I am the colleague who gives it all
I am the boss who takes the rap

Is that all that I am
Is that all I have ever been

Then who indeed am I 

All of the above 
And so much more

I am much much more 
Than what I am not

I am the sum total 
Of my opinions and thoughts 

I am what I observe and perceive 
I am the goals I couldn’t achieve
 
I am all the good that I do
I am the favours I take

I am the mistakes I make
I am the lesson I should have learnt

This is all I know 
Of me thus far

In a vacant mood
I often wonder

If not this long list
Of who I am and who I’m not

Then who indeed am I