If I were

If I were and you weren't
whose to say what would happen

If I happened and you didn't
Maybe things would be so very different

If I was born on a ship
grew up on that ship and
never emerged from that ship

Touched only by music and once in life
by a beautiful face
that passed me by with 3000 others

Maybe I'd find that peace that eludes me
On that day when I knew what I wanted
What I could do
and what I couldn't

When things were settled in me.

Maybe I could be who I was meant to be.