Once in my lifetime
I have said and written
A word that had hurt someone

Once in my lifetime
I have hissed at my friends
Just to please someone.

Once in my lifetime
I have thought that my parents
Would trade me for someone.

Once in my lifetime
I confessed
That I had wished to be someone.
I am not.

And today
As one day in my lifetime
I want to repent
For being someone
I am not.