What Am I

I ask a dog are you happy being a dog.
It replied what's a dog, I am happy being what I am.

I ask would you not be happier being a bird.
It replied what's a bird, I am happy being what I am.

I ask surely you would like to be a man.
it replied what's a man, I am happy being what I am.

I am a man I told the dog.
it replied are you happy being a man

No I said, I rather be a god.
It replied what's a god, I am happy being who I am

Poetry by English poet David King