Better Than Me
Even better than the old me
Heard that line in a song
Now I'm laying here in bed, slightly sweaty
Wondering if the lyric was wrong
What does it mean to be better than the past?
Mistakes erased, fuck ups no longer counted?
Does the reckoning consider all of the adolescent lessons amounted?
And what of the present, your choices trapped in amber mind?
Frozen in kind, infused with your criticizing self doubt
Are you better than that now or have you just forgotten?

Hindsight is a finicky thing, innit? Thank you for reading and responding!