I Am What I Am

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.