Apathy vs Ambition

I think

You were what I needed

At that time.

Your apathy

Helped me see

My ambition.

My strength.

My drive.

Your defeatist attitude

Helped me see

That my anxiety

Is not a reason

To give up,

Even if it tells me to.

I fought my way out

Of your black hole abyss

Of predetermined self hatred

And I hope that someday

You will do the same.