Am I A Random?

I will never know how it would have been

Had I been born in another generation

Probably I would have been a village hero

Or just an ordinary pauper

Maybe a rejected quarantined leper

Or a priest under the mugumo tree

Truly I will never know

How it would have been

I will never know how it would have been

Had I been born in different continent

Probably I would have skied on the snow

Or lived as a native in the Mao forests

Maybe I would have been a desert runner

Or just another brat in New York

Truly I will never know

How it would have been

I will never know how it would have been

Had I been born in different religion

Probably I would have long hair and a turban

Or just an ordinary obese Buddhist monk

Maybe a world’s wanted terrorist

Or an Indian temple master

Truly I will never know

How it would have been

I will never know how it would have been

Had I been born in a different family

Probably I would have been royalty

Or a trained witchdoctor

Maybe the son of a billionaire

Or a bastard in the village

Truly I will never know

How it would have been

I will never know how it would have been

Had I been born a different gender

Probably I would have been my father’s favorite

Or the one who brings children home for mum to raise

Maybe a perfect example for my generation

Or just another ugly fat depressed girl

Truly I will never know

How it would have been

I will never know how it would have been

Had I not been born

Who would my wife be married to?

How would have my parents lived their lives?

Who would have been my siblings’ big brother?

Would someone else have written this poem?

Truly I will never know

How it would have been

But now I know something that has been

ME

Son to peasant farmers

A Black male African

Born a Y generation

And a follower of Christ

Truly I will never know

If I am just a RANDOM