I've Become

I have permanently bent big toes
from shoving them deep
into the shallowest of shoes.
I've always refused to grow up
even as I grew.

I've become my words
more often than my face
because I hear they speak better
than myself.

I search for knowledge
because
I've forgotten all the lessons
I was taught
when I was little.

I talk to strangers
because
they fascinate me,
and I like to hear their stories.

Anyway

I am someone
because
I've been before
and experience is a masterful artist.