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I'm sorry father, I'm sorry mother,

I'm sorry that I failed you, that I couldn't be more like my brother.

I'm sorry that I;m not the perfect little child that you had hoped for,

I'm sorry that I'm just myself and nothing more.

I'm sorry that I couldn't be everything that you wanted me to be,

I'm sorry that I'm not someone else, that I'm only "me".

I'm sorry that I'm a freak in your eyes,

I'm sorry that I'm not as good as the other guys.

I'm sorry for choosing the path less taken,

I'm sorry for leaving you ashamed and mistaken.

I'm sorry for not fitting myself in a better form,

I'm sorry for ever being fucking born.

I'm sorry for never shaping myself in a new, more acceptable mold,

I'm sorry for never doing a single thing that I was told.

I'm sorry for wearing those clothes you hated and dying my hair,

I'm sorry for defying you and going through life without a care.

I'm sorry for not dating girls closer to my age,

I'm sorry for ever opening the door to my decrepit cage.

I'm sorry that you can't understand who I am,

I'm sorry that I'm just average man.



I'm thankful that I never listened to anything you ever said,

I'm thankful that I'm Ed and not somebody else instead.

I'm thankful that I carved these nightmares into your dreams with a bloody knife,

I'm thankful that we have different opinions and views on life.

I'm thankful that I have a girlfriend who really cares about me,

I'm thankful that she is the only person who truly understands me.

I'm thankful for my discovered talent of creative writing,

I'm thankful that I didn't give in to your false morals and I kept on fighting.

I'm thankful for our shattered relationship and our broken home,

I'm thankful that I didn?t need your help and I made it on my own.

I'm thankful for the person that I am today,

I'm thankful for my friends who never go away.

I'm thankful for this eraser to make you vanish out of my mind,

I'm thankful that I didn?t become the clone you wanted me to be and instead I'm now one of a kind.

I'm thankful that you are embarrassed for me to be called your son,

I'm thankful that youre about to kill our future, I'll even give you the gun.

I'm thankful for making you wonder that when you raised me if you did something wrong,

I'm thankful for designing my own path, even though it was very rugged and long.

I'm thankful that I lost the battles but won the war,

I'm thankful that I don't have to deal with your bullshit anymore.



I'm sorry that you and me could never see eye to eye,

I'm thankful that my one true love heard my battle cry.

I'm sorry that I couldn't be the perfect child that you wanted me to be,

I'm thankful that I'm not like you and I'm just like me.