Who I Used To Be

I took a step outside myself
To find what I might see-
found a total stranger standing
Face to face with me.

I dashed off to the nearest mirror -
Found everything the same.
Not only did he look like me
He even bore my name.

How, I questioned, can this be
Someone who looks like I?
For even though I’d stepped away
We still stood eye to eye.

It finally dawned upon my mind
The stranger that I see
Is not the man I am today
But who I used to be.

Edited 8/20/04

Del Cano 2004