So I Became a Person

So I became a person

When I realied that

I don't have it so bad

After talking to a little girl

In the hospital waiting room

With a health condition more severe than mine,

Yet a radiance and smile greater than mine.

So I became a person

When I had learned to

Enjoy my problems

After crying in Uruguay

Because I missed my dad 

Only for my tears to be wiped by uncle, 

Who didn't even have a dad to miss.

So I became a person

When it hit me that 

After a friend from Corona

Who came over to my house

Which I had once considered to small,

Had envied the fact that

I even had my own bed to sleep in.

So I became a person

When I developed some perspective.

Then and only then,

Could I grow into

The best state of mind

And the best version of myself.