“Not myself”
What I say when I fail
What I say when I do wrong
What I say when I hurt another
What I say when I transgress

I am
“Not myself” when I fail
“Not myself” when I do wrong
“Not myself” when I hurt another
“Not myself” when I transgress

But
When I fail, I learn
When I do wrong, I own it
When I hurt another, I reconcile
When I transgress, I make whole

For to say I am not myself
Is to say I am more than I
So I shall not say
I am “not myself”

When I mean I am not as good as I wish to be