Who I Am

I remember once imagining what my life
would be like; what I’d be like. I pictured having
all these qualities, strong positive qualities that
people could pick up on from across the room.
But as time passed, few ever became any qualities
that I actually had. And all the possibilities I faced
and the sorts of people I could be, all of them got
reduced every year to fewer and fewer. Until finally
they got reduced to one, to who I am.

steven conrad

This quote, printed here as an out-of-context standalone poem, is taken from the 2005 movie, “The Weatherman.”