3660. WAS I NOT MY MOTHER'S FATHER BEFORE I WAS MY FATHER'S SON?

 WAS I NOT MY MOTHER'S FATHER BEFORE I WAS MY FATHER'S SON?

I have, by habit, already empty space put aside :

for my wishes and wants, my hearts and regrets,

everything so together jumbled. If quantity so were

a treasure, my chest would be filled to the brimming.

As it is, I must stand aside, wash the sand and salt

from all my aching wounds. I am dissimilar to none,

yet resembling nothing at all. My shadow only finds its

way back into the shade, and all is darkness in the end.