I Don't Want To Be Entitled, Well, I Don't Care!

I don't want to be entitled.

I don't want to be called

The epitome of ethical,

The paragon of virtue

And the abridgment of righteousness.

I don't want to be the

Lone specimen of the brightest future.

I don't want to be elected as

'The Future President'

I don't want to be an idol.

For if and when I fail,

My mind- that heard these words,

My mind-that expects itself to succeed

Fails.

The burden of failure weighs me down.

The failure to succeed

Showers down on me

I fail!

"Life has many ups and downs!"

They say.

Then why would mine be all up?

Why would mine be flawless?

I don't want to be entitled

'The topper'

For when I come second,

I crumble beneath the

Hallucinations of disappointment.

I don't want to be entitled

'The Nerd'

For that personality that needs credit

Is concealed beneath.

I don't want to be entitled

For it took me years to realize

That those titles were just

Expectations- of strangers, not mine

Dreams- not for them, but for me.

Legacies grafted that need not be true.

It took me years to realize that

I don't care to be entitled.