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they dreamt of me sailing a ship
but here i am paddling
struggling to float a boat.
they drowned me.
but i know i did my best.

they look up at me like an airplane in the sky
but here I am flying
soaring like a long lost kite.
they blew me out.
but i know i did my best.

they expected me to start a fire
but here i am freezing
rubbing too much but just creating a spark.
they burned me.
but i know i did my best.

they thought they planted a strong tree
but her i am withering
dying like a stray new seedling.
they buried me.
but I know I did my best.

they always thought i was more
they want me to work until i was sore
they find my little achievements a bore
they never saw my acts of valor

for they wanted me to achieve everything
everything that is too high so people will never belittle me
they wish what is impossible
i can find a way to make tangible

they wanted the best
and that is the worse from the rest
for i've done my best
even strive on bring better
now they look at me with eyes full of detest
and lecture me that i didn't listen to them that's why i suffer

i stop to walk the path they want me to take
and now my back faces them, my future now never at stake
i breathe heavily and look back with my eyes so intense
i muttered in a whisper to knock in their head some sense

they should not have asked for the best
but instead learn to settle for only the better.

[ better > best.
lower case intended ]