What I Wanted and What I Got

When I grow up, I want to be a doctor,

But those who were created to mold me are destroying my universe.

 

I wanted to play doctor and princesses,

But here I am with my arms being home to my siblings.

 

I wanted to hang out and go shopping with my friends,

But here are my parents at each other’s throats.

 

I wanted to be a shield for my siblings, protecting them from evil,

But here I am, a powerless, innocent child in their eyes.

 

I wanted to be consumed by my fantasy world,

But here I am drowning as if I were in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

 

I wanted to live like a carefree, ray of sunshine child,

But here I am, wandering with my siblings, hand-in-hand, through the darkest of valley’s.

 

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chijindupays

Amen.

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