Why do I feel burdened in your presence?
Why do I feel like I need to shrink—
Like I’m too big, like I should be a shadow,
Something not meant to be seen.
Why do you hurt me more than heal?
Why do I get lost when you’re nearby?
I’m trying to find the love you say you have,
But all I find is disappointment in myself.
Please, tell me why.
I thought I was worth something,
But every day you change, and I feel like I’m nothing.
I don’t know what to do or what to say.
I feel so lost and broken when I’m in your way.
I don’t know if this is something I should cry over,
If I should explode with anger,
Or just let it slip by—
Because I feel like nothing.
Why do you keep bringing me down
When I’m trying to grow, trying to let go of my fear?
But you come back, cuff my wrists, tie my feet,
And cover my head with a cloth.
I feel so chained in your sight.
I don’t know what to do when you’re by my side.
Why?
Why?
Why?
It feels like I’m always asking why.
Why do you drown me day and night
When I’m trying to do more, trying to help,
Trying to be the daughter you want—
Not the one you look at and see as a disgrace?
I want you to see a trophy in a case.
But I know you don’t.
Because of the way you treat me,
I know you don’t see a trophy in a case.
You see a burden—
Someone you constantly command,
Even as you change every word you say.
I feel like a joke.
I feel like you’ve cheated me—
Cheated me out of being free.
So free that now,
I’m just happy to breathe.
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Author:
Violet_Writes (
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- Published: August 8th, 2025 10:25
- Comment from author about the poem: Letting emotions spill.
- Category: Sad
- Views: 7
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Comments2
Feelings of confinement and control with a sense of resentment. Nicely written
A powerful write a life of being controlled, confined and not appriciated or valued as they are. Constantly fighting for some positive recognition from a parent, sad,touching and hits the heart, nicely expressed and written
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