Are You Just a Copycat?

Are you ever original?

Or just a copycat?

Always watching others,

Imitating this and that?

Are you really insecure?

Is that why you mimic?

Never thinking for yourself,

Just another gimmick.

At first, I was offended,

Felt used and abused.

Your actions left me angry,

Honestly a little confused.

I didn’t understand

Why you acted so arrogant,

Pretending you were better,

Like you were significant.

While not thinking for yourself,

And just mirroring me,

It felt so infuriating,

Made me want to scream.

But after some reflection

I think I now see,

You’re really just afraid

Of truly being seen.

So you act like an echo

And repeat after me.

Your unoriginality

Keeps you under lock and key.

Because the secret is,

True freedom resides

When you embrace yourself

And no longer hide.

For each one of us

Has a unique truth,

A gift we can share

From our own view.

But instead you’re stuck

In patterns of self-doubt,

So you look outside

For direction and clout.

I hope one day soon

You’ll stop duplicating,

Instead embrace courage

And your own creating.

Until that day though

I’ll keep embodying bravery,

Remembering that copying

Is a deep form of flattery.

Thanks for the compliment,

It helps me to see

That my work is important

And worth being seen.

Written by Amanda Durocher

7.9.25