I Don't Know
I don't know who I am anymore I'm nobody's son, I'm nobody's dad I'm nobody's partner, I'm nobody's employee I don't know who I am, maybe I'm nobody.
DiaryAnnie
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I don't know who I am anymore I'm nobody's son, I'm nobody's dad I'm nobody's partner, I'm nobody's employee I don't know who I am, maybe I'm nobody.
The speaker has lost track of who they are, and the poem shows this by listing everything they are no longer. Son, father, partner, employee: these are the roles that usually tell us where we fit in the world, and one by one the speaker crosses them off.
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