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They say I have it all,
An only child in a world so small.
Spoiled, they whisper, with what I want,
But they don't see the ghosts that haunt.
No sibling's laugh to share my days,
No hand to hold in life's cruel maze.
I speak my thoughts into an empty space,
My affection left without a place.
They don't see the quiet ache,
The silent nights when I lie awake.
Alone with feelings I can't confide,
A sea of sorrow I cannot hide.
And when my parents crumble and fall,
I stand tall, I bear it all.
Their tears are rivers I must contain,
Their broken hearts, my silent pain.
I long to cry, to scream, break,
To let them see the toll I take.
But I am the rock they lean upon,
The sun that must rise when their hope is gone.
For if I shatter, who will mend?
Who will bring their anguish to an end?
I carry the weight of being their light,
A fragile flame in endless night.
This world thinks I live with ease,
But they don't see the storm beneath the breeze.
Loneliness wraps around my soul,
A constant reminder of what's not whole.
So here I stand, a fragile wall,
Catching my parents each time they fall.
Strong for them, though I yearn to be free,
From the weight of being all they see.
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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓
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