I am a human being,

My heart beats, my brain thinks, my vessel is working

I am a citizen,

I go to school, I go to work, my life is moving

I am a person,

My friends are with me, my family is present, my heart is full

However, despite knowing what I am

I am confused.

I can see who I am, I know who I am, but at the same time, I can’t.

I am lost in this world, I am lost in my world.

I am a human being,

But what does that mean?

Who are you asking?

I am a number,

One in seven billion people, born to live.

I am a life,

One in seven billion people, living to die.

I am a soul

Living in a vessel, to be freed when my time comes.

I am a vessel

A temple of flesh and bone, a roadmap of blood and cells, a home for my mind.

I am a human being

I am a citizen

I am a person

I am somebody who’s never been a person before,

But does that really matter to anyone else but me?

I am a number

I am a life

I am a soul

I am a vessel

I am special, but I am small

I am different, but I am uniform

I am new, but I am recycled

I am what I am

Until the bitter end