I Am What I Am Poem by Francis Duggan

I am what i am not not what i am you think you see
Even sometimes i feel i am a stranger to me
My acquaintances many my friends are so few
And every day from life i do learn something new
As a schoolboy i was known as a lesser light
It would be true to say that i was not bright
But the bright boys of the classroom now showing time's decay
Like me they now have seen a far better day
In my younger years i aspired to be a poet
One who would be seen as worthy of literary note
But my hopes for myself in life did not come true
Suppose life only gives to us what is our due
I am what i am that is all i can be
And sometimes i feel i'm a stranger to me.