I wanted once upon a time to be

I wanted once upon a time to be
a special person, loved, someone to you
important, now I'm important to me.

It was a craving deep inside of me,
I thought myself a no one, just like you
I wanted once upon a time to be.

This need was all I felt, all I could see,
within the eyes of others through and through
important, now I'm important to me.

The change was radical, and for a fee
I then exchanged myself for someone new.
I wanted once upon a time to be

a someone else, yet not these folks you see.
I am me, worriless, now I eschew
importance, now I'm important to me.

No longer do I care for what you see.
I care for me, not for your point of view.
I wanted once upon a time to be
important, now I'm important to me.

(C)2008, Christos Rigakos