You cast your shadows and called it light,
Told me I’d fail if I didn’t get it right.
You never saw me beyond your rage,
Locked in a bottle,
trapped in a cage.
You used it as a weapon,
sharp and precise,
Made me crave approval,
at any price.
And when you spoke,
it was with venom and spite,
Your voice a hammer,
your words a fight.
Not enough,
just a ghost in your mind,
A reflection of anger,
someone left behind.
You made me question everything I knew,
Taught me to fear the world, and you.
you were no different,
wrapped in your pride,
You twisted my love,
kept yours locked inside.
You taught me to smile,
to never show pain,
To hide the hurt,
to keep it contained.
You made me believe I was wrong at my core,
That I could never be worthy of something more.
You used my fear,
you used my need,
To tie me down,
to plant the seed.
But in the dark,
in the silence, I knew the truth,
That I was never your image,
never your proof.
You wanted me to be what I couldn’t achieve,
A dream you created,
a world I had to believe.
You took every moment,
every breath that I had,
And in return,
you gave me a world gone bad.
I grew in your shadow,
I learned from your lies,
And though I fought back,
I still wore the disguise.
You never saw me for what I could be,
Only the things you tried to make me see.
Your perfect vision,
your perfect mold,
But I was never enough,
to fit your hold.
I search for escape,
but the walls close in,
A labyrinth inside,
where I can’t begin.
I thought I could break free,
thought there was more,
But I’m bound to the earth,
a ghost on the floor.