If I Could Be You

If I could be you, I’d see me in a different light.

Was I you, music of mine would play a different

Tune. I’d prefer tulips over roses, would awaken

Much later in the day. I’d speak more kindly of

My neighbors, and be much more careful of all

That I’d say. If I could be you, the blood type

Running through my veins would test O instead

Of AB. But that would just be me and not you

Who I would be. I would more than likely have

A taste for sushi which is something the present

Me tends to hate. To be you instead of me could

Be a transformation I might consider great if

You’d only prefer the nighttime over day, and

You were handsome, charming and only half my

Age. But that’s only me, not the who you are

Today or will eventually, given years of hard ware

And neglect, turn out to be. Of course there are your

Beliefs to consider, given most of which I disagree.

Chris Hanch 6-21-17