I Don'T Want To Be Entitled

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!' Date 30/10/2020