What to call “me.”
Perhaps there are comparisons to be drawn in a physical sense, say to a giraffe or a kangaroo. To stretch the gap between tall, long-legged, knock-kneed leaf eaters and my own lengthy extremities and affinity for leaves, if spinach should count the same, or to see “me” in the bouncing, energized body of the baby marsupial that bears my name—that would be too easy.
Perhaps I could reach for some misleading depth. I might peer through a gossamer veil, even inch my eyes down an emotional precipice which at any moment I stand liable to slip and fall eternally into its body—self-reflection isn’t my strong suit, and could never be entirely truthful.
Perhaps I find my resolve with nature. A light breeze rushing through a valley, stirring awake the life of a world sunk a bit lower than most breezes would think fit to rush through. The roar of a waterfall, the crash of a wave, the melodic humming that rises at dreary forest dusk as previously hushed insect life flutter into their short hours of expression—I feel a disconnect cutting short the process here.
Perhaps—Yes, I think I’ve got it now!—my life would be spinning gears.  “Me,” a perpetual cycle of perfect happenstance, each go round slotting a cog in its own perfect gap, turning its identically polished neighbors and, in the most refined manner, driving the great machine forward—no, no such machine can find its way in any good thought.
Perhaps, as comparisons go, an essay would well suit a person. Long winded to accommodate rare works of brilliance, occasional blinding clarity or the more common drawn-out incompetence, penned from the hand of anyone willing to write for anyone willing to read, or short, standing alone as a single page with its twists and turns curtailed for the sake of brevity but still written to great effect. The threads of examples, imagery, and literary devices weaved together, unique players meeting on common grounds to form a picture larger than themselves. The ability to explain, articulate, and analyze, to present logical facts, compel readers to emotion, or persuade an audience—yes, it seems an essay would work well, perhaps I’ll try it sometime.