AI Deleted Me

AI deleted me.
Made me irrelevant.
I built a scafold 
A floor to walk over
Over 13 years. 
Then AI dismantled it
In a year and a half 
I fell right through. 

Since I was a kid
A voice in my head 
Repeated “be somebody”
So I tried 
To be better 
Or above 
Or past
The lesser me.

Self-sufficient 
Felt good
What about when the world shifts?
And I’m not anymore? 
Have I still become somebody?

Of course.
I already was.
I’ve been anchoring myself 
On what I can do.
Which is sure to fall through. 

You’ve been there all along 
Waiting for my eyes 
To look up
From all this doing and becoming 
When you formed me already 
Before time.