Sisters Shadow
Broken child,
run away.
Your perfect sister,
Will stay in place
You’ll be forgotten,
Forever in her shadow
Not good enough,
For the praise of your mother.
Perfect, perfect,
Perfect sister
Perfect grades,
Perfect daughter.
Stays the same
No one will see,
Any of your good deeds.
For your sister is the princess,
The one that they adore.
Silly girl,
What have you done?
You tried to go,
and be up front.
You screwed things up,
Don’t you know,
You’re an invisible child,
Hiding in your sister’s shadow.
Nothing that you do,
Will change the fact,
You’re not good enough,
To be into the light.
Perfect sister,
Perfect grades,
Proud mother,
of her perfect child.
Little sister,
Average grades,
Disappointed mother,
of her Broken and not so perfect child.
Copyright © Jazzlyn Barden | Year Posted 2016
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