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I make my own decisions now
better, or most often worse
but I make sure to learn 
from every experience 
no matter how it turns out in the end.

I make my own mistakes
and stand by my own faults... 
I don't care what someone else
wants me to be... 
or what they wish I wasn't.

Pity for everyone 
who has been faced at a crossroads 
and taken the path 
that everyone but they themselves 
really wanted them to follow.

Pity for everyone 
who has based their actions, 
their loves, pains, prides, and griefs
on the hates, joys, faults, and wonders 
of those who surround them.

I would rather follow a leader 
than lead a bunch of followers
because sometimes 
it is okay to lean, to listen, 
to forgive for overzealous advice... 
but I cannot forgive ignorance
and I cannot forgive inability 
to live ones own life to their chosen fullest.

Atlas may rise again
throwing our burdens off his world weary shoulders, 
the castle in the hills may again 
stand proud and beautiful 
for the fair maiden to gaze upon 
and not stand beneath.

But no one will ever learn anything 
from this tragedy... this comedy 
if no one looks beyond the physical 
if no one see's the real picture 
and what is inside
the minds, and spirits 
of those who have borne others to their destinations...

I choose to fail and succeed 
by my own means 
never... 
because someone else opened a door for me 
and I never wait 
for someone else to close a door behind me.