the things the world needs to know about me

I need them to know
I will be honest.

Forthright, yes, and brimming with perhaps
too much enthusiasm
misplaced attention to detail
information about the mundane

but a real chaser of a dream
that no matter a person’s path
they will also find solace in the fact
that we can change
and be, hopefully, better.

I need them to know
I will be kind.

Smothering, potentially, of who might be viewed
as needing kindliness
fondling the unforgiving
mollycoddling the meek inheritors

but a real diehard to the cause
that an adamant position on life
gives one a hope for something better
than the convening of random intangible moments
and a mustering of meaning.

I need them to know
I will be me.