I am a child
who wants to run and play
I want to listen to music
and spin and jump and dance
I want someone to take care of me
and hold me when I cry
I am a young lady
who needs to push limits
I want to know everything
but I don't want to learn
I want to shout at the world
and rebel against my keepers
I am a middle aged woman
who fears gray hairs and receding gum-lines
I want to recapture my youth
and live life to the fullest
I want to settle down
and give up
I am elderly and tired
Who cares what I am?
I want to stop the aches
and start again
I want to get to the end
and I want to make every minute last an hour
I am everyone
I am no one
I am confused
I am fed up
I am not the person I am
And I am tired of it.
