Love and Respect

One day, I going to be more than you ever have been.

And you’re still going to tell me all the reasons you’re better.

So in this state,

When I am at such a low,

It’s no wonder you have nothing good to say.

But I will show you one day.

Show you all I am without you.

You will pin my successes to yourself,

To showcase to others as if they are your own.

I hope all those people will be smart enough to know,

You had nothing to do with the greatness I will become except for one part of it.

The strength.

Your clenched grasp on me,

I will escape. And it will make me stronger.

Your negative eyes when you look at me,

I will blind. And it will make me stronger.

Your false pride and arrogant air,

I will breath out. And it will make me stronger.

And for all this, I still will never thank you. Love and respect are must be symbiotic to work. You never had either for me as a person, but only as a projection of you.

Now as I become myself, I have learned you do not truly love or respect anyone. Only the things you like about them. That will never be true love or respect. And for that, you shall not receive either of these things forms me.

You have never deserved it. And you never will.