Instead.

You asked me to walk
Forward, but I went to the
Back instead. You asked me to
March to the beat of the
Timpani, but I went to the beat of the
Banjo instead. You asked me to
Think like you had, but I thought like my
Neighbor instead. You asked me to wonder like
Decades past, but I wondered like the decades to
Come instead. You asked me to copy everyone
Around me, but I copied no one
Instead. You asked me to replicate the
Mona Lisa, but I replicated the Venus De Milo
Instead. You asked me to hold you like the
Others, but I held you like no one else had
Instead. You begged me to leave you, but I
Stayed instead.