A LIST OF THINGS TO BE


  Never an astronaut, dancing slowly upon the moon,


  Flying in a jet across the sky, no, not did I ever fly.


  A football star, throwing the ball far, a dream that 
  Won't be,

  Under the lights, a victory on a Superbowl night.


  What is it like to be a movie star pretending to be 
  Many things,

  Known everywhere, this is not what I was born to be.


  An Olympic star, a racer of cars, I wanted to be, but 
  That's not for me,

  A great writer, a hero of sorts would be something I 
  Might be.

  A rescuer of the down and out, a conqueror of 
  Homelessness,

  I may not be an Einstein of genius, I am good enough 
  For me,

  A list of things to be, how much can one man need?

                                    Keith Garrett