In your shadow
I failed to be
What you hoped
And planned for me
All I needed
For you to see
The girl I am
Not you, but me
Your shadow tall
Is consuming me
I cannot breathe
Nary I’m free
This great man who
Stands before me
Exacts my soul
Makes me bleed
The flower un-watered
Weeps in the sun
Unborn seedling
A life yet begun
Released from darkness
Her light shining through
Fragile her freedom
Her life renewed
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