A Bouquet Of Wilted Flowers

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I have tried so hard to be what you want of me
I crave attention, I want to be loved, I want you to care
The reflection in the mirror, is that who I have came to be
But the pressure put on me, it's something I can't bare

I feel so alone and your criteria keep changing
I can't be myself around you, I must act formal
I have hid for so long, my true self is fading
I have been trapped all this time, it's starting to feel normal

I dream of going out there, being free
But I cannot move, I cannot leave you
I feel comfort when you refer to us as "we"
It always works and yet I still feel blue

A choice so irrational and irresponsible
To be with you and leave the world behind
Yet it became so very possible
When our fates got intertwined