SELF-TALK

• I don’t want to be stay late for them; I want to be awake for my own; 
• I don’t want to mark their agendas as checked; I want to do it for my own; 
• I don’t want to celebrate their success; I want to bang for my own; 
• I don’t want to run for their race; I want to pace for my own;
• I don’t want to envision their future; I want to strive for my own; 
• I don’t want to chase their dreams; I want to water mine for my own; 
• I don’t want to play at their checkerboard; I want to set one for my own; 
• I don’t want to be a bolt in their machine; I want to move for my own; 
• I don’t want to hold their identity; I want to initiate one for my own;
• I don’t want to keep sailing for them; I want to swim for my own;
• I don’t want to mumble ‘yes’ to them; I want to announce ‘no’ for my own; 
• I don’t want to follow their etched rail; I want to blaze a trail for my own;  
• I don’t want to chime their rhymes; I want to beat for my own; 
• I don’t want to go round-and-round; I want to pause for my own; 
• I don’t want to die in their color; I want to light for my own;
• I don’t want to pen it all for them; I want to say it for my own.  
• Hence, I promise I won’t reiterate a story; I’ll create one for my own!