Only Me

By: Silverwolf

They moved me into his old room. They tell me about how he wouldn't do the things I do. They tell me that I should act more like him. They tell me that I should study harder so that I can match his grades.

What if I don't want to be him? What if I want to be me? Truth is having those grades won't make me him. Not drinking out the milk carton or the juice jug won't make me him. Not staying after school to study harder won't make me him. Scoring the highest on that exam won't make me him.

I'm not him. Can't you see that. Changing my room, letting me wear his old clothes won't make me him. That's not who I am. You didn't name me that... you named him that. So don't slip and call me that.

Putting me in the same school, watching me study, none of these things will make me him. His hand-me-downs will not make me him. I can only be me. I'm not him and I can't be him.

Don't make the mistake of calling me him. You praised him. Loved him. But who am I to you? I was always overlooked, second best. That's who I was to you.

You always would say 'that's my boy'. But never to me. Now he's gone and all that's left is me. But you want to change me to be him.

You know something... he loved me. Not because I was supposed to be him, but because I was me. That's one thing I think you can't do.

But know this...

I'm not my brother. And my brother was not me. I am Sasuke, not Itachi.

So try this. Let me be me. Maybe you'll discover that like you I miss him. Maybe you'll discover that unlike you he knew me.

His old room, his old clothes, none of these things make me my brother. None of them. I may sleep in what was his bed, and go to the same school... But I'm still me.

Still Sasuke. Never Itachi

Maybe one day you'll love me for me. You won't want me to be the person I could never be. One day I'll be seen in the light as Sasuke.

And NOT behind trying to catch Itachi.