What I Wanted To Be Poem by Jim Yerman

When I was just a boy…so innocent and free
a movie star…
or a great athlete…
or a famous singer…
is who I wanted to be.

Then I grew up…
and I found love…
or, I wonder, did love find me?
I married and we settled down to raise a family.

And I've been in some great home movies which we still love to see
all captured for eternity…now on DVD.

And I've played many sports with my children and grandchildren.
They must have known I had a knack
because whenever we played football…they made me quarterback.

And when I sing with my family…around the table or in the car
I don't have to be on center stage…to feel like a star.

Yes, when I was just a boy
a movie star…
or a great athlete…
or a famous singer
is who I wanted to be…
Little did I know
when I grew up
that I would be all three.