Who Am I?

I give breath to thought. I give flight to fancy. I drink words to sate the thirst of mind. I lament the state of my community. I plan to do something about it. I love the youth of tomorrow. I see their potential. I sometimes cheat on my diet. I am a poet. I am both content and disgusted by my size. I have seen movies that have made me cry. I have never drunk dialed a woman.

I love my country. I hate that my love is questioned because I do not love its leader. I have danced with the most beautiful woman in the club. I am an incurable flirt. I can install brake pads. I can cook. I sometimes ask for advice that I didn't really want. I have swum in the ocean. I love that I can write. I hate that I'm not writing. I am an excellent wingman.

I have held in tears when I should have shed them. I have cried for those undeserving. I have been in love. I have been in lust. I have experienced racism firsthand. I dream a world of perfection. I am sad that it is not real. I love hot wings. I have been hurt. I have caused hurt. I promise to experience neither of these again. I wonder if I can keep that promise.

I have made a fool of myself for love and money. I miss my mother. I speak French. I have owned a ferret. I am bourgeois. I swore off soda for two years. I broke that vow for a vanilla coke in 2005. I love chick flicks. I have pursued a woman in a "wait and see" mode. I almost went to Japan to teach English after college. I am a better man because of Dr. Raphael Cassimere, Jr. I have wronged a friend over a woman.

I have owned a gun. I spend too much money on DVD's. I just want to be loved. I am loyal. I am in a race for the affection of a beautiful woman. I have no doubt that I will win. I have never been to jail. I have shown my ass at a step show, twice. I love to argue. I love the thought of a woman who's smarter than me.

I celebrate my black queen. I wonder why the rest of the world does not. I accept my role in the world but not my place. I look in the mirror and see a work in progress.

I am not complete.

"Then B.I. said Hov, remind yourself. Nobody built like you. You design yourself." Jay-Z

I am.