I have noticed that
I often end sentences with
In my last life
When I'm explaining
Something I used to do

It isn't my actual previous lives
But mere chapters of yesterday
That have long since closed
Like doors to a room

When I reflect
I realize that many people don't
Know my everything
They just come in on the pickup
Based on when we met
And became friends

In a way, it's like my life
Is a train on a long, long journey
There are stops along the way
Some people, like my mom
Got on at the beginning

But many get on
And eventually get off
At certain, different points
When they arrive at their destinations

So no one save for a precious few
Have been there throughout the
Whole trip thus far
Some may be getting off soon
Yet again
Their destination on a different plane

So I guess I can say
I was a performer in my last life
I did theater all through middle
And high schools
As well as choir from kindergarten
Through college

I was a patent paralegal in my last life
Law was my minor and I still
Remember how to get around
The USPTO website even
With the updates

I was a total introvert in my last life
Not knowing how to speak up or out
Very minimal friends, no clue of
Who I was

So many others I cannot think of right now

Some people's journeys are full
Of the same people who know them
From start to finish
But for me?

No, when you get on my train
Regardless of where or when in this
Trip of my life
You enter
You'll be welcomed aboard

And maybe just maybe
Through my writing
You'll learn about
All of my last stops
In my current life