28. "A Tomato."

I looked down and saw its red juices flowing beneath my feet.

I'd always wanted to see red there, but I wanted to see red of a different kind...........








My greatest desire in life was always to be the best.

I wanted to be the greatest that had ever lived.

People had often told me that that was a silly dream of mine.

And that to even attempt something that grand wasn't worth my efforts.



But I knew they were wrong.



People are always wrong.



About themselves, and about me.



Themselves, they see as the Ghandi's and Mother Theresa's of the world.

Me, they consider to be a nobody.



But those considerations have only ever fueled me.

They pushed me forward when nothing else could.

I embraced the hatred that I received from others.

And I let it propel me towards being the man that I knew I could be.



I said I would be the best.

I said I would be more.

I said that I would be the somebody that they never saw in me.



But now here I am.

On the world's biggest stage.

With my entire life staring back at me.






And I look down to see a tomato.






When all I ever wanted to see were roses................