Building Past It

by frances janvier

A poem about Brambleclaw building past his father's reputation.

So, I'm just gonna do this poem thingy and then finish a challenge and then I'll get back to Bumblestripe's Revenge!

This was inspired by a snowman I was making.

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My life was perfect.

Then Tigerstar disappeared.

Everybody pointed and whispered, and nobody wanted to play with me, except Goldenflower and Tawnykit.

Everybody seemed to be saying Bramblekit's going to be another Tigerstar, he looks just like him!

Everybody judged me, thinking I would be my father.

But I'm not my father.

I have to work three times as hard just to prove that I'm not evil, when I did nothing wrong.

Even my leader doesn't trust me.

I see the way he looks at me.

Seeing only the shadow of my father, and not the person I truly am.

When my sister disappeared, I truly was alone.

So much work, much more than others.

But finally, I have proved myself.

I'm building past it.