you don't know me
i am just a shell
a pretty shell with
swirly pinks and purples and blues
with an invisible hollowness
that you are unable to see

you don't know me
what i've been through
what i think
who i really am
you cannot run my life
and tell me how i should feel

you cannot be my example
my mother all my life
because you've lost your status 
a long time ago

i used to look up to you
with admiration plethora eyes
our thoughts used to connect
like telepathy

i've drawn up my own theories
completely different from yours
our link has broken
the times have changed
i am my own person

i ride on the waves
above the sun
you are the anchor
beneath the coral

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