Nothing Like You
Dear the Me of old,
I am nothing like you
Most days I know that I love you
Sometimes I feel like I hate you
We are very much different but still one in the same
I am a mere copy of you, and that alone makes me cringe
I am nothing like you and I will not follow the path that you paved for yourself
I am nothing like you and I refuse to be seen as such
You and I are one in the same, yet very much different
I have a chance to follow my dreams
Your dreams have long ago died and can no longer be cherished
I have the intellect and wisdom that you wish you had
You are the version of me that failed
I am nothing like you
I feel, I have compassion, I have empathy, I am able to love
You are bitter, your heart is cold, and for that I despise you
You are a dog that is trained to a point where there is no turning back
All you know is the way that was taught to you
My biggest issue, until recently, is that I always thought I was you
I never saw us as two separate people walking two totally different paths
Growing up behind you, I took on your mentality and strategies when going about certain life issues
I started to grow into that old dog who was bound to be stuck in his ways yet I am just a puppy
I am nothing like you
I don't know if I am lying to myself when I say that
But from here on out I will stand firmly on that statement
I am nothing like you, and I refuse to walk the same path that you walked
I am nothing like you, and I am uncertain whether or not you feel any envy towards me
But just wait and see, you will see me shine and you will witness just how far I can go
You will sit on the sidelines and watch as I do everything great as you did only twice as better
And even in my glory days I will not have a strong apetite to hear you commend me
As I will commend a new me, a greater me, a future me that will be unimaginably great
And for them I will do everything you failed to do for me
I am nothing like you
-Achingly, Your Son