Who Instead of What

When we were young
We often were asked
What do you want to be
When you grow up?
And then we tried
Through schooling
And roll play
To learn how to become
What we said.
How much better it would have been
If we had been asked
Who instead of what
With an explanation of
What who means;
For character is the center
Of who we become
No matter what job we have.
How much better
The world would be
If we worked on who
Instead of what.