what am i?

person
     animal
body          
    (      
   organs
      bones
  teeth
    fingernails
           skin
               )


soul?
.

have i
    always
been    
        here
?    

what was i
before      
i was a
         blob of goo
in the womb?    
.
.
.
what will i be
when the
body      
is barely    
        dust?
.
.
(whose brain do i live in?)
.
.

*perhaps to
   someone else

i'm just the
little girl in their
imagination            
that lives
      in the attic

of a tall house,
sitting at her    
writing desk  

writing
poetry