I am me.
Who am i?
I am not you.
I have always lived in your shadow and always had your face
But i am not you.
Am i the disgrace you say i am, living to disappoint you at every convenience?
Am i the disrespect you ever so strongly accuse me of?
Am i the pain you said i caused over my 18 years of living?
Or am i just a carbon copy, replicated fiber by fiber to accomplish all you used to hope and dream?
I could easily be all of this, but trust me.. I am not you.
I am not the bitterness you've aquired over your short stint on this rotating rock.
I am not the hatred you've grown to embody due to life giving you the backhand.
I am not a slave to my fellow man, created to serve the ungrateful and self absorbed.
I definitely am not the traits that riddle and reek with the scent of you... I am not you.
I will never be you for i am me.
I have been hated but have never given way to hate.
I have been scorned but somehow i have never seeked to hurt or avenge.
I have been in love but never with someone you'll approve of.
I have dreamed so vividly, my eyes have made it almost tangible.
I am the joy you said i have never been, mother.
I refuse to drown deep in your Never's and No's...
I am not you.
I am me.
I am me.
Please know that i am me.
I will never be you.