Failure Poem by Faith Evanstar

I tried so hard,
To be so strong.
Yet I'm cracking under the pressure,
You're putting me through.

Your expectations,
Are to high.
I can't take this,
Much longer.

It's taking all my strength,
To hold onto my sanity.
You're driving me crazy,
With your rules you expect me to obey.

I can't take much more of this.
Why can't you,
Just shut up and leave me alone?

Why can't you,
Just let me,
Be me?

I feel so suffocated,
I can't breathe.
I can't reveal,
My true self.

You have me controlled,
I'm nothing more than your puppet.
But I want to be,
Something more.

I want to have a voice,
To have my own mind.
I want to express my opinions,
And be strong in my own way.

Forget the perfect little princess,
That's not who I am anymore.
I don't,
Want to be your heir.
I don't,
Want to marry,
To make you happy.

To you,
I am a failure.
To you,
I am a disgrace.

But to me,
I am finally alive.
And I will not trade that,
For the world.