I am 40

i am 40

the big four o

4 decades in the blink

of an eye

or an i

what else am i?

i am a soul

a spirit

i am me

not you

i play music

i read

i love

i live

i hate

i struggle

i grow

some

two steps forward

two steps back on a good day

i am parochial

but i see the universe

i doubt

but i pray

i am always arriving

but leaving

something

i dream

but get bogged in reality

i succeed

and make mistakes

i am good

i am bad

i am often

indifferent

but

what sort of man

am i

perhaps you know?

i act

i hope

i wonder

i try

i anticipate

i see

i am

40 years

have taught me

this

that i am

can be enough

it is my journey

it my depths

it is my future.