I’d rather be the person
I was born to be in this life
not the somber, severed version
of your vicarious strife
so take your tests and your projections
back to your own sense of self
I’m steadying my direction
don’t need judgement masked as help
I’m not the one that you wanted
but I’m the one that you got
almost forgot that I
had to fight my whole life
and I’m not sorry
and I’d say that you’re right
but then we’d both be wrong
and I’d be a liar
I’d rather be the person
I was born to be in this life
not the somber, severed version
of your vicarious strife
so take your tests and your projections
back to your own sense of self
I’m steadying my direction
none of your games will help
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