I Was the Next Best Thing
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'I have made my own way in life, it has made me the person I am today ... and I wouldn't change a thing'
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she’s the golden girl
apple of her father’s eye
I am the black sheep
they heaped her with praise
I was like Cinderella
doing all the work
gift her everything
house, car and money on tap
I held down five jobs
throughout my whole life
we’re treated differently
was he my father?
six years since he died
my sister inherited
I will never mourn
I still have my mum
my husband and super son
sis has got three cats
dad wanted a son
instead he got a daughter
I'm the 'next best thing'*
made my way in life
and stood on my own two feet
wouldn’t swap places!
* this is what mum told me she said this when I was born as dad was disappointed I wasn't a boy - she told him I was the next best thing. I was never close to my father and I've often wondered if that is the reason I was treated so differently to my sibling who was 'daddy's girl'
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03/08/21
Copyright © Jan Allison | Year Posted 2021
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