How was I ever supposed to live up to your standards?
You are a living legend
An impossible dream brought to life
You made a deal with God
And lived up to your word
The bar already set so high
Perfection is all you asked
The one thing I could not give
Never fast enough
Never strong enough
Never enough
I fought with everything I had
I would have broken myself to make you proud
You cast me aside when I didn't fit your mold
I was left without a path
No dream of my own
Not even sure who I was
I bounced around
Trying anything to fit in somewhere
Changing anything needed
Likes, dislikes
Thoughts, personality
Now I'm just an enigma
There is no real me
Just a blur of all the people I tried to be
The only thing that stayed the same
Were the expectations I couldn't live up to
Self-destruction all I know
Fighting every day
A war that cannot be won
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Living Up to a Legend
PoetryPoem about trying to live up to impossible expectations. Cover art is not mine, all rights to the artist.