Some pretty big boots to fill?

Picture of a boxwood that looks like it is casting a large shadow.
An illusion, the shadow belongs to a juniper.

"And then like everyone else I started to grow
And I didn't want to be like my father anymore
I was sick of his bullying and having to hide under a desk on the floor
And when he beat my mother, made me so mad I could choke

And I didn't want to be like my old man
I, I didn't even want to look like my old man
I didn't even want to seem like my old man

A son watches his father being cruel to his mother and makes a vow to return only when
He is so much richer, in every way so much bigger that the old man will never hit anyone again"

excerpt from 'My Old Man' by the incomparable Lou Reed [link]