Substance

I wanted to be

an astronaut

a scientist

a musician

a combination singer/hairdresser

a sailor

a doctor

an adventure tourguide

... taller

I wanted to be real

Genuine in existence

absolute, actual, authentic, bodily, bona fide, certain, concrete, corporal, corporeal, de facto, embodied, essential, evident, existent, existing, factual, firm, heartfelt, honest, in the flesh, incarnate, indubitable, intrinsic, irrefutable, legitimate, live, material, original, palpable, perceptible, physical, positive, present, right, rightful, sensible, sincere, solid, sound, stable, substantial, substantive, tangible, true, unaffected, undeniable, undoubted, unfeigned, valid, veritable

being actually such; not merely so-called

I wanted to be exactly what I claimed

and be proud enough

that I didn't feel the urge to hide it.


Why does it seem so much to ask?