HER SHADOW AND ME
ALWAYS STEPPING IN HER SHADOW
NEVER LIVING MY LIFE AS ME
HAVING SO MUCH TO PROVE
TO SHOW I WAS STRONGER
THEY JUST WOULDN’T LET ME BE
JUDGEMENTS BASED ON HER MISTAKES
UNABLE TO MAKE CHOICES OF MY OWN
BUT ALL THAT’S CHANGED NOW
NOW THAT WERE OLDER
NOW THAT WE ARE GROWN
SO IT’S MY FOOTSTEPS NOW WALKING THIS ROAD
THIS ROAD OF PAIN, HURT, AND INDECISION
AND SOMEHOW I’M WALKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION
EVEN WITH ALL THE ADVICE I WAS GIVEN
ALWAYS STEPPING IN HER SHADOW
MISTAKES AND CHOICES MADE OVER TIME
ONLY THIS TIME THERE NOT TYREE’S
THIS TIME THEY ARE MINE!
I KNOW THEY HAD THE BEST INTENTIONS
THEY WOULD SAY, “LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES”
BUT AS WE ALL KNOW LIFE AND HISTORY
TEND TO REPEAT ITS SELF
NO MATTER THE PATH WE TAKE
IV’E MADE MY CHOICES, MY PATH HAS BEEN SET
AND WHILE I MAY NOT KNOW WHERE IT LEADS
I KNOW MY JOURNEYS NOT OVER YET
AND IT’S MY STORY I NOW CHOOSE TO CREATE
NO LONGER IN HER SHADOW
FINALLY ABLE TO JUST BE ME
AND HERE WE ARE BOTH LIVING OUR LIVES
NOTHING SET IN STONE
FOR WE CREATE OUR OWN DESTINY
SO WHEN WE LOOK BACK LATER,
AT ALL WE HAVE DONE
I JUST WANT TO SAY,
I LOVE MY SISTER TYREE
AND THOUGH MY LIFE WAS
CAST IN HER SHADOW
HER SHADOW
WAS NEVER BIGGER THEN ME
TO KAYLA, I LOVE YOU- MOMMY 1.23.2013
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