I Should Have Been ...

I should have been an actor,

thespian treader of the boards.

Resplendent audience distractor

with my bard-like vocal cords.

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I should have been a sailor

Ride seahorses. Leave my wake.

But they call me ‘Simple Simon,’

sadly not Sir Francis Drake.

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I should have been a cyclist,

racing in the peloton.

Climbing alpine peaks in lycra,

sprinting for Olympic Gold.

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I should have been a racing driver,

screeching around tight hairpin bends.

‘Max Verstappen! Eat my rubber!’

I would scream in slipstreamed air.

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I should have been a writer

Well, perhaps that dream’s not gone.

Or is this just the final chapter…

My final dream. My swan song.

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Originally published at https://medium.com/the-lark/i-should-have-been-65b7b0ff8637