Pretending to be Patroclus

So what if I am Patroclus
Pretending of Achilles’ strength?
Achilles lives through Patroclus.
Would else there be an Iliad?
And can an average person be
Enough to wear Achilles’ helm?
Does that not take an equal strength
Of mind, if not an equal skill?
Is it so wrong to ask for more
Than what I’m told I have in store?
The exile is what makes the man
In every hero’s epic myth.
I am the hero of my life.
There is no other narrative
As meaningful to me as this.
And so I must adhere to this.
I know I’m not Achilles born.
And yet I am Achilles-trained.
It’s arrogant to humble be
When I am not afraid of me.