Poem Collection

Shadow

I've never been my own person

I've always just been my last name

So I had no chance of winning

In any game

My first name never existed to them

I was only known as sister or daughter

Never had a chance to make a name for myself

Lived in the shadow of my brother

I managed to escape it

By igniting my own flame

Since I'm acknowledged too

They call my first name

I sometimes don't know if I should talk

Or if I'm only born to write

I'm afraid when I speak up

Cause I could start a fight

And in this fight

They'd forget my name again

They won't appreciate my work

And give the credits to another man

Writing's the only way

In which I can make a name for myself

I'm hoping that people will see my name

In their shelf

Somewhere in the future

I hope to be recited

And get love from the people

Who I'll then have guided.

Okay, this was a hard one to write. I really love how I now wake up every morning and like every third one, I get a message that you guys voted for or commented on my poems. That makes me the happiest person alive (although I must admit that I have no clue what the voting does lol)! I am so happy to have found you who appreciate my work and words. I can not say it often enough: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH <3333