FUTURE TENSE I was certain I was wrong I was waiting Far too long I was speaking Past the end Putting periods Where commas should have been That was then This is not I am breathing I am here I am more than What disappeared I am learning How to stand Without a map Already in my hand Future tense Nothing written yet I don't know who I will be But I'm willing to meet him Future tense Nothing settled yet I spent too long speaking backward Now I'm facing what comes next I will stumble I will mend I will begin Before I know the end I will lose things I will choose I will carry What I cannot use Future tense Nothing written yet I don't know who I will be But I'm willing to meet him Future tense Nothing settled yet I spent too long speaking backward Now I'm facing what comes next I was I am I feared I stand I lost I learned I waited I turned Future tense Nothing written yet I don't know who I will be But I'm willing to meet him Future tense Nothing settled yet No final line No final sentence I was I am I will become

Kendimiz hakkında konuşma şeklimizi değiştirmek hakkında—“Ben’dim” den “Ben’im” e ve sonunda “Olacağım” a doğru ilerleme. Anlatıcı, hayatına bitmiş bir cümle gibi davranmayı bırakmaya karar verir.